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Subject: One more reason....

Date: Wed 24/09/08 19:29:23 GMT

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Well, is really political correctness the reason why most gameshows in the U.S. have gone to the kneepad, helmet, jumpsuit type outfits ? Isn't the real reason instead the personal injury lawyers ? The organizers must go 400 % out of their way to make sure that anything that even remotely could pose a risk has been eliminated. Even though the contestants do sign release forms there are always some smart lawyers that might be able to get around that. And no show want a million $ lawsuit... In Asia there are several shows where you can clearly see that some of the contestants do get some rough landings and probably a few bruises. But over there that is seen as part of the game... not so in the U.S.

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Why gameshows are better in Asia

By MK - wamtec@compuserve.com Tue 23/09/08 03:17:42 GMT

Website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNDT1zluvCE&fmt=18

As you all know, from the boring way the new "Hole in the Wall" game has been done in the UK and USA (i.e. uninteresting costumes that avoid showing wetlook, whereas the chinese version did the same gameshow wearing nice clothings)....we have the same thing going on with the U.S. show "Wipeout"...

...i.e. Wipeout is based on the Japanese gameshow "Ninja Warrior" (which itself is a newer version of the old Takeshi's Castle gameshow).

The U.S. version of the show is totally devoid of any decent wetlook (it is all kneepads, helmets, t shirts and shorts in the water games)....whereas the chinese version is so much better. The chinese version has numerous girls in jeans and dresses in the water obstacle course. I have taped about 50 wet jeans and dresses scenes from this new version on the Fujian China satellite network in the last 2 months. I have uploaded a couple of sample clips to Youtube...to show you what I mean...i.e. that shows done in Asia are more interesting....whereas the same shows done in the USA or Europe are so politically correct (i.e. gender-neutral) they seem to go out of their way to make sure there are no wetlook scenes worth seeing....anyway...hope you like these 2 sample clips I made from the chinese version...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNDT1zluvCE&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Mkqdk899M&fmt=18

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