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Can Our Entertainment Be Modified?

What if we added 'innocence' as a genre?

By Anna SimonePublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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As a fellow westerner (North American a.k.a. Canadian) I can confirm that we are cursed with a short attention spans and get bored rather quickly. Which then kind of explains why our entertainment industry is filled with the shock value factor. It keeps us on edge, interested, and wanting more. We can known to be obsessed with shows like Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and The Walking Dead which have all taken part in heated sex scenes, twisted and gruesome deaths, and heavy use of drugs. I will not sit here and say I am a saint, I’ve watched all and thoroughly enjoyed them…excluding The Walking Dead. I never saw the need to deprive myself of sleep since I’m not a big fan of zombies. The others I did enjoy, though, and it unfortunately comes down to the fact of how my attention was demanded and it was by pure and utter shock.

Kind of sad if you think about it, because there was a time we didn't need drugs, sex, and twisted level of violence to grab and maintain our attention. Other nations, however, have been doing just fine without it. Now, I'm not saying we should wipe out all these aspects of film and entertainment... but what if we toned it down a bit? Would that be so bad?

A prime example of a nation that does exactly that and still gets the attention of their own and the eyes of those from far and wide: KOREA! If you've gotten the chance of watching a Korean drama/movie you will probably find the differences pretty fast. They can be classified as cheesy, fake, sweet bubblegum-like stories that would never happen in real human lives. What makes it addictive is exactly all those qualities. We as humans are naturally affected by stress and if entertainment can build a stress-free fantasy for us and lead us to believe that life can be all flowers and marshmallows for just a measly moment—a "get-away" so to speak—how hard would it be to get hooked? Not too hard when it comes to feel good moments.

It will be difficult introducing this style of entertainment to the western world, no doubt, but also confident that it just might be that something that the western world needs at a time like this. Feel good TV, feel good entertainment, to be amused the old-fashioned way. Of course, North Americans have a style and a way of doing things so mimicking another already done style is not our way. However, creating an evolution within a revolution is. The cheesy, over the top, bubblegum like style that others may have will just be modified and redefined to the western audience. As mentioned before, we have a short attention span which we don’t hide.

This is not something that can be developed overnight or be accepted overnight. So why is it so difficult for North Americans to step out of the darkness of violence, drugs, and other obscene things and step into the light of what us feel good, what makes us giggle at the absolute naïve moments, but still find quite cute and admirable. Are we so used to what we see on TV now that anything that doesn’t catch our attention in 3.5 seconds will fall back the archive of “Boring shows with no shock value”? Is there not a shock value moment that doesn’t involve a wild sex scene or a gruesome torture scene that keeps our eyes glued to the TV? What would happen if we changed our method of entertainment and dabbled in the world of innocence for bit? An innocence that is somewhat naive but still well wanted and liked kind of entertainment. That is not exclusively categorized in the "kids" section or labeled a "chick-flick" but available to all. Would the cheesy and predictable soft touch stories live on here in North America?

What is your opinion?

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Anna Simone

I consider myself to be apart of the triple F Program aka fashion, food and fitness. Anything that comes to mind I usually write about it. Hope you like it

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