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Tuesday, August 09, 2005
New Reality TV!
Here is an idea for a new "Reality TV" program to be called "The Book." Lock an average American in a clean, well-lit, and comfortable room with food and water for 24 hours. This room is equipped with only one piece of unelectrified technology: a book, a difficult book--say, Augustine's City of God, or Pascal's Pensees, or the Bible, or something similar. (Left Behind will be left behind.) Film the hapless soul and use time-lapsed photography (if that is what compressing the time into shorter segments is called) to "capture" his or her slow descent into insanity--or perhaps, if grace abounds, his or her slow ascent into sanity. For most, the release from this prison would be a sufficient reward.
You are too kind. I would make them read Kant.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great idea. It would be the first "reality" program I'd want to watch.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking something like Robinson Caruso might be good. May not have the length but it would be the perfect subject.
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