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It isn’t going full snuff, but the imminent threat of harm is becoming a little too commonplace for comfort.
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These are fantasy scenarios, galling and unsettling, but reality TV is beginning to bridge the gap between documentary and dystopian nightmare. In the movies, blood lust as entertainment is old hat, from “The Hunger Games” to “Surviving the Game” to “The Running Man,” which is set in the not too distant future. Survivors must push themselves harder to generate the same thrill level and the line between a test of skill and outright danger is getting blurred. These shows aren’t designed to sate some innate American blood thirst - one hopes - but they do demonstrate that what passed for frisson just a few years ago no longer qualifies. And during location scouting in Costa Rica before the first season, a producer was bitten by a venomous snake and almost lost his foot. Manu, a recent participant on “Naked and Afraid,” who contracted dengue fever while in the Panamanian jungle, is shown bedridden and in pain in the concluding scene of her episode, warning those who consider coming on the show to be sure they’re built for the task.ĭuring its premiere season this year, “ Naked and Afraid,” thanks in part to its extended time frame, had a number of injuries, which in some cases led players to exit the game early. These new shows push even further, emphasizing an extreme level of deprivation.
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