NIGHTMARE
having a 2nd season of Live 'n' Loaded, guess what guys, you're gonna be so thrilled with...
I felt despair when I saw it reported in Singapore's TODAY newspaper that "It won’t be long before you might find yourself an unwitting victim of Just for Laughs". This was on Friday (Feb 20, 2009) in the story by May Seah: "Just for Laughs comes to S’pore".
I thought it was already here in full force thanks to the seeming saturation broadcasts of the company's shows on TVMobile (and in almost every extra space Channel 5 can find when not advertising its own programming), but no. The story says: "MediaCorp TV has entered into an exclusive agreement with Just for Laughs to co-produce and distribute gags for the Asian market".
That's vile filth. Cheap and nasty. And something I would have thought doesn't square with Singapore's quest for a gracious society.
How come film, music, art and theatre get censored, but it's ok to show ad naseum the anti-social behaviour that Just for Laughs "gags" depend on?
If the logic of the censor and other moral guardians is to be understood, then isn't Just for Laughs in danger of encouraging anti-social behaviour?
I can imagine one retort to this being: 'Where's your sense of humour?'
Answer: It's on a higher plane than yours. At least, that's my answer to anyone who asks me this in relation to Just for Laughs. And then I am tempted to call them a moron or make them step in dog poo or make them think they've accidentally broken a priceless vase or scare the crap out of them by leaping out of some bushes while dressed as a gorilla. And if they don't like it I will remind them: it's just for a laugh.
Having been told my whole life to "Make Courtesy Your Way of Life" I then see Just for Laughs seems to win everytime... Dirty deeds? Done dirt cheap.