The Television program "30 days" is a program that gives a random person a chance to be in an extremely unique situation for 30 days. For this period of one month, it sometimes make a person work in a mine; eat fast-food(which becames origin for the movie "supersized me"), or even live in a gay village. This, I believe, is quite meaningful from the aspect that it is designed to provide us a chance to observe series of new and fresh experiences by letting a random person take them instead; i.e., it gives us a series of second-hand experiences which would lead to our sharper insights and open minds.
Taking into account the positive impact of this very TV show, what I want to suggest as a theme for the program is being in prison for 30 days. In prison, a person is segregated from the mainstream society. He becomes far from the modern communication technology, and there are almost no way to entertain himself unless he is able to successively play with his bed and the prison wall. Thus, both entertainment and communication is strictly forbidden in jail automatically.
People say that philosophy emerges where there is nothing to play with but a person's own brain. This argument is true, since the only way to get out from this boring situation is to continue to think about everything surrounds oneself. Thus, it would be quite a good experience for a busy person in modern society, because it gives him a chance to actively think about the world he's living in. This would bring quite a big impact on not only the guest of the program, but also every single person watching the television; it would approach them to what the world is.
Good suggestion, and actually they series does have a "30 Days of Prison" episode. If you want I can give it to you. It's pretty interesting, but the difference with your idea is that it was to evaluate the concept and benefit of imprisonment. Pretty shocking realities - how much it costs and how much profit can be made off one prisoner. What I like about your idea is that it explores the psychology of being locked up - almost a forced meditation. Maybe what yours really is is "30 Days of Forced Introspection" - an ashram in India could achieve similar purposes.
답글삭제Good stuff.