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Monday, October 18, 2010

Hyperbole?

The new season of MTV's Real World-Road Rules Challenge is called Cutthroat, and the big, physical confrontation at the end of each episode takes place in an arena that is being called "The Gulag." Now, I'm not a doctor or anything, but something tells me, if you survived an actual gulag, you might find this highly offensive, if not slightly hyperbolic. While I know the gulags weren't technically full-on death camps (despite high mortality rates), what's next, MTV? Is next season's gladiatorial battleground going to be called Auschwitz?

2 comments:

  1. Actually, not only that, but this season takes place in the Czech Republic. The first challenge (before the Gulag) was something having to do with tear gas. It was called "The Gas Chamber." In Eastern Europe. Someone had to be fired over this.

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  2. Yes! That's right! I can't believe I forgot to mention that! Thanks. Hahaha...they're so retarded...but brilliant show...

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