NutWorks! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust

June 1, 2014

Anyone who has seen the 1976 film Network can only imagine how CLAIRVOYANT the film’s writer Paddy Chayefsky turned out to be.

The film, a dark satire, showed a future society where the media became the message and celebrity was greater than reality. Ratings were the only thing that mattered -- as they apparently still are on today’s Nutworks!

If one goes online to Wikipedia to search for the number of reality television shows created, one can surmise just how lowly evolved we have become. How many of our friends and neighbors enjoyed or still enjoy shows like The Real Housewives of... Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé, Boot Camp, or the most popular of all, Survivor?

I await the day in the not-too-distant future when the little weasels that run the creative departments of our Nutworks create a new reality show: IED Afghanistan. The cameras follow American troops on patrol for Improvised Exploding Devices used by the insurgents. In episode 1, some poor GI gets his legs blown off as his mates run over and hurriedly get him onto an EVAC. We see the grim and angry faces of his fellow soldiers as they vow to "make things right and settle some scores." The audience applauds at home as they watch violent and merciless payback on a civilian who may or may not be part of any insurgency… but who cares? The action is, well, REAL!

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