Saturday, December 3, 2011

Entertainment vs. Reality

Where does entertainment end and reality begin? For some sick souls, they can't tell the difference.
As we saw in, "Dreamworlds 3", some of the men on the street couldn't see that the music videos were staged and the women were getting paid to act that way. They thought that it was okay to throw water on women in the street. Well, as we all know, it's not. It's definitely not okay. It's one thing to watch it in a music video and understand that that is the music entertainment industry and that is what they do in that element. It's another thing entirely to do it in public. While "Dreamworlds 3" may have exaggerated some of the scenes and loss of reality it a little too much, but there are some people who really can't tell the difference between the entertainment industry and reality.
When it transfers from violent video games to reality is the scary part for me. If you can't tell that in real life, you can't go around beating people up, you need some serious help. You can't carry a gun around and steal their car. War is not a joke. You can't die and start the level over again. It's not something to be taken lightly.
I don't think banning these entertainment outlets is the way to go about solving these problems. I don't have a solution at all, really. It's just a little concerning.

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