The show has hard rock/ punk style music for its climatic periods before a prank is delivered. Tittles and subtitle graphics are splashed like graffiti on the screen. Those elements give the show a very raw youthful personification, but the show is not recommended for all youth. In the beginning, after showing clips from previous episodes, there was a viewers discursions advised scroll stating that the stunts are not encourages and submissions will not be viewed by production. I found that this discursion was sort of poking fun at the actual warning.
This episode of “Pranked” had dozens upon dozens of pranks shown through the duration of the show. The opening prank was to do with purple shampoo exchange for actual purple dye. Quite a flip out showed afterwards, and viewers are to find the situation completely hilarious, the film maker sure did. Misfortune is defiantly a theme but violence is also highly rated on this show. Majority of the pranks would show others causing harm to another for a laugh, (such as punching genitals, or slapping someone in the face with a mustard sandwich while they are sleeping.) Often the show is looking for a dramatic reaction. A girlfriend deletes her boyfriends’ lord of war craft player and when he goes to play it, realizing everything is gone; he smashed all of the computer equipment and office over it. Lots of the pranks are purposely cruel to damage emotions, dignity or bodily comfort. One of the girls got so scared by a clown rolling into her entry that she ran from her own house returning in tears trembling in fear.
This show would defiantly advocate for defying others and encouraging being mean to others to get a laugh. Curse language is common, censored by beeps. A vast explosion of anger is made to look funny instead of scary. I think that this show is intended for either male or females. Although the intended audience is meant to be young adolescents, I don’t believe that it is appropriate for students in middle school because of the ideas the show feeds to them, and the students would try. I think as teachers we try to teach students manners and to be kind to one another through the hidden curriculum, not to beat, torment and expose their peers.
I agree Tammy...middle school is tough enough without TV shows encouraging kids to be cruel to each other for the sake of "entertainment" When did someone decide that someone shaking in fear and crying was funny?
ReplyDeleteI think this show is very similar to "Jackass"! Since when did it become a good idea to inflict pain (both emotional and physical) on yourself or other people?
ReplyDeleteIt's a little ridiculous that someone needs to be hurt in order for something to be funny anymore. Clearly teens are becoming immune to this sort of violence on TV. It's gotten to the point, where these stunts and pranks are commonly occurring in teen groups (especially boys). Obviously that small statement at the end of the credits, "DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME", is not doing the job!