I swear there was an early 90s Japanese proto-reality show where the producers really did kidnap the guy in the middle of the night and spirit him off to some anonymous apartment for the show.
You remember correctly. It was Nasubi.
He could only have what he won from sweepstakes.
He survived on rice and dog food. He never won clothes, so he was always naked.
When he won, they brought him to South Korea… where they made him strip again and would not release him until he won plane fare back. So, kidnapped again.
When they did let come back, they put him in a room. He immediately took off all his clothes, understanding the nature of his torturers, but it turned out this was fake and they were not going to imprison him again. They simply dropped the walls of this prison, showing him that he was actually surrounded by a live studio audience. Remember, of course, that he had taken his clothes off. But that was fine, as everyone had seen him naked already and this isn’t at all the basis for nightmares.
Everything was livestreamed, unbeknownst to him. He spoke to a stuffed animal, whom he considered a teacher. His torture diaries became a best seller, though, which is good. He also couldn’t really communicate with other people for half a year and clothes were uncomfortable to him. You know, like a feral child.
So, pretty typical Japanese television then?
Suddenly Squid game doesn’t feel so farfetched…
Nearly two years later, this story stuck with me, lighting up in my brain when I saw an article whose title referred to Japan’s real life Truman Show.
I’m wondering what the training regimen is at 1900HOTDOG that allows these titans to survive exposure to this quantity and type of media. I’m glad they watch these shows because I know I don’t have the stomach for it.
Thank you for your service, 1900HOTDOG.
Heh, wonder how on purpose the (I assume) token twink is called the Otter.
1-900-HOTDOG
Unlock with Patreon
7 replies on “Fucking Day: Love in the Jungle”
I swear there was an early 90s Japanese proto-reality show where the producers really did kidnap the guy in the middle of the night and spirit him off to some anonymous apartment for the show.
You remember correctly. It was Nasubi.
He could only have what he won from sweepstakes.
He survived on rice and dog food. He never won clothes, so he was always naked.
When he won, they brought him to South Korea… where they made him strip again and would not release him until he won plane fare back. So, kidnapped again.
When they did let come back, they put him in a room. He immediately took off all his clothes, understanding the nature of his torturers, but it turned out this was fake and they were not going to imprison him again. They simply dropped the walls of this prison, showing him that he was actually surrounded by a live studio audience. Remember, of course, that he had taken his clothes off. But that was fine, as everyone had seen him naked already and this isn’t at all the basis for nightmares.
Everything was livestreamed, unbeknownst to him. He spoke to a stuffed animal, whom he considered a teacher. His torture diaries became a best seller, though, which is good. He also couldn’t really communicate with other people for half a year and clothes were uncomfortable to him. You know, like a feral child.
So, pretty typical Japanese television then?
Suddenly Squid game doesn’t feel so farfetched…
Nearly two years later, this story stuck with me, lighting up in my brain when I saw an article whose title referred to Japan’s real life Truman Show.
They made a movie about it, out today on Hulu (at least in the US): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13940818/
I’m wondering what the training regimen is at 1900HOTDOG that allows these titans to survive exposure to this quantity and type of media. I’m glad they watch these shows because I know I don’t have the stomach for it.
Thank you for your service, 1900HOTDOG.
Heh, wonder how on purpose the (I assume) token twink is called the Otter.