Room 401 Reality Show with Ashton Kutcher
I have been watching the room 401 show lately, so i thought maybe fellow members could watch and discuss this episode in this thread. If its a good one, i will cut and edit the best bits for all to see. For people that have already seen this one, and want to share their comments, that would be great.
In this MTV series hosted by actor Jared Padalecki, who stars in CW’s Supernatural, unsuspecting victims are punked by Ashton Kutcher and his creative partner, Jason Geldberg, into believing they’ve stepped into their worst nightmare. Two friends eating at a sushi restaurant watch as a nearby diner claws at his chest, which appears to break open, allowing crabs — he’d been chowing down on soft-shell varieties — to escape. In another scene, a man whose job is to clean up after crime scenes is led to believe he’s seen the soul of a corpse the cops are about to haul away rise up from his body. At a meat grinder’s, a worker thinks his co-worker has severed an entire arm right before his eyes.
Afterward, those snookered into believing surely must laugh out of sheer relief. (That is, after they chew out whoever put them in that position in the first place.) Viewers watching feel relief, too — that they’re not the ones in front of the camera.
The set-ups can be pretty realistic, thanks to Hollywood special effects, so kids — even tweens — may find it too gory or scary. (Grown-ups used to more sophisticated horror fare won’t be swayed, though.) And there’s something uncomfortable, not to mention cruel, about laughing at someone else’s expense. Seeing that guy think he’s literally seen a ghost, you feel sorry for him. And sorry you’re watching the entire time and chuckling all the while, too.
Fans who want their pranks less horrific will appreciate Punk’d. Those who’d rather not get their laughs served at someone else’s expense may prefer the edgy humor of sitcoms like
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