Whether the photographer and the subject, the host and the TV audience, or David Goldberg and us who are watching the screen at this moment, they are actually playing the role of the abuser and the abused. This fictional story is just a stone thrown on the surface of the water, so that everyone is on the ripples that never stop shaking. The most intimate sexual behavior in human behavior is diversified through the use of new media, paid programs, adult channels, and society. The outer shell of morality and order has been ruthlessly stripped off in seemingly reasonable business practices. We touched the dark core of it through the appearance of violence. The most paradoxical thing is that we all agree that sexual abuse, violence, and killing are forbidden behaviors. It is the media's sensational sensation that attracts attention, but avoids talking about the thrilling thrill that it brings to the scene. David Goldberg’s austere shots and extremely exquisite props give viewers an extremely strong sense of spiritual substitution: he is not just to show the deformed psychology and the curious picture, the collapse and destruction of the second half makes people It is meaningless to think that the logic of distinguishing the plot is illusion/science fiction/fiction/story. What we have to think about is how to avoid self-control in contradictions under the creed of entertainment to death. Using the medium of film, he completed a "murder" of the medium between "the truth delivered by TV programs" and "the truth that audiences want to experience".
"Videotape Murder" is not only a powerful hallucinogen, but also a warning prediction for media criticism. The medium is the product of human desire. It satisfies our bright and dark needs at the same time. On the contrary, the restriction of the moral bottom line generates a strong motivation for it. Destruction brings rebirth. In this infinite cycle, advanced technology can never provide a solution. . From radio to TV programs, from video tapes to the Internet, from reality shows to live broadcasts, from only hearing to visuals, to VR technology to make the senses more satisfying, the scenes that David Goldberg described in the past are divided in a geometric series. There are more simple and diverse ways to access and control these inner desires and evils. The sci-fi plots of the year have gradually become reality. While experiencing the fantasy, we are also one step away from fear and destruction.
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