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...crusading French documentary maker striking a blow at the abusive powers of television - or simply taking reality TV to a new low of cynicism and bad taste? That's the question viewers across France are asking in light of Christophe Nick's new film, The Game of Death, which airs on French television on Wednesday night. The documentary has generated a massive amount of attention - and naturally, courted controversy - because of the dilemma that the film's contestants face on a fake game show: Will they allow themselves to be cajoled into delivering near lethal electrical charges to fellow players...
...Nick says he got the idea for the project after stumbling across an episode of the French version of The Weakest Link. The willingness of the adult contestants to allow the hostess to belittle them - and their own eagerness to backstab fellow participants for their own gain - convinced him that Milgram's findings about the human submission to authority figures were particularly applicable to TV. "Television is a power - we know that, but it remained theoretical," Nick told the daily Le Parisien on Wednesday. "I asked myself, Is it so strong that it can turn us into potential torturers...
...results of Nick's documentary indicate the answer to that question is yes - a conclusion reinforced by the program's editors and his sobering voice-overs. Indeed, while most critics have applauded Nick's effort to reveal the manipulative powers of television, some commentators suggest he nonetheless errs by leaving no room to contest the documentary's conclusions. "Its excessive dramatization and commentary that's too often willing to cut corners and blur issues can be irritating," writes Hélène Marzolf, a television critic for the culture magazine Télérama...
...television-studio setting - with cameras, a pushy host and an audience that erupts at times with shouts of "Punishment!" - may be ideal for robbing individuals of their will. "For the past 10 years, most commercial channels have used humiliation, violence and cruelty to create increasingly extreme programs," Nick says in one of his voice-overs. "[Future] television can - without possible opposition - organize the death of a person as entertainment, and 8 out of 10 people will submit to that." (See "Reality TV at 10: How It's Changed Television...
...Freshmen Nick D’Agostino and Riley Nash each scored a pair of goals to lead Cornell while junior Pier-Olivier Michaud scored the lone goal for Harvard off of an assist from freshmen teammates Conor Morrison and Danny Beiga in the loss. Mike Devin, Patrick Kennedy, Blake Gallagher and Tyler Roeszler tallied assists for the Big Red, and senior Colin Greening recorded the first goal of the game only 4: 35 into the opening period...