UnTV-

Today in class we talked about the experiment from the UnTV. The challenge was to watch the TV. Not the show, but the actual TV. We were also challenged to watch someone watch it. In class, the discussion was carried by the overwhelmingly obvious theme of commercial bombardment. The TV is constantly sending you messages about what you should wear, what your life should look like, and the things you need to have. We get so attached to the constant movement of the screen, that we rarely stop to see what we are actually filling our brains with. All day long, we are filled with stimulation. We go home and flip on the TV in order to relax. However, what we don't realize, is that the TV is sending us messages as well. Not only messages, but the TV is filled with constant movement. I think that people that make TV shows know the way that Americans think. We have a go-go-go life, that we expect out TV to be like that too. In fact, we expect everything to be like that. Car rides, a book, computers, food and almost everything else. I think that's why we get so frustrated with life. We have been trained to constantly go. However, when we actually have to slow down and work for something, we decide its not worth it.