Mainstreaming Humiliation ??

[Pure]

On the topic of 'mainstreaming'.... Is there an erotic dimension to this?

New York Times, Nov 20, 2002
www.nytimes.com

Forget the Sex and Violence; Shame Is the Ratings Leader

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

The appeal of "The Bachelor" for women is hardly a mystery. This gauzy ABC dating competition is "Jackass" for women: a reality show that revels in emotional risk taking and rejection in the same way that "Jackass," the MTV series, celebrates men's foolhardiness and physical pain.

More than sex, more than violence, humiliation is the unifying principle behind a successful reality show, be it "The Real World," "Survivor," "Fear Factor" or "The Bachelor." ...

HBO is now hoping to top its rivals with a reality show as only HBO could do it: "Cathouse," which will be shown next month, put hidden cameras in a Nevada brothel. ....

 

[lovetoread]

Not for anything would I be on those shows, nor do I watch them.

Autopsy on HBO is alot more fun.

 

[Lancecastor]

Mainstreamed humiliation is at the heart of Japanese and British humour.

It's more recent to America with the rip-offs of old Brit &Jap reality shows.

It's hardly BDSM IMHO.

Any chance we'll be hearing what Pure digs anytime soon?

 

[Pure]

Lancecastor said [on American TV shows with humiliation]:

Mainstreamed humiliation is at the heart of Japanese and British humour.

It's more recent to America with the rip-offs of old Brit &Jap reality shows.

It's hardly BDSM IMHO. //

The hints, though, are prettty substantial, in some cases: the black leather outfit and stern hostess of "The Weakest Link".
N'est-ce pas? Or do you think this is just pilfering the trappings?

 

[Lancecastor]

The hints, though, are prettty substantial, in some cases: the black leather outfit and stern hostess of "The Weakest Link".
N'est-ce pas? Or do you think this is just pilfering the trappings? [/B]

If black clothes and stern attitudes are exclusively BDSM, then everyone in a major city's financial district is into BDSM.

Your argument holds no water, I'm afraid. Totally unrelated.

Are you into BDSM yourself, Pure? Are you interested in it personally?

Or is it somewhere (here) you visit late at night for some other reason?

Lance