While watching TV the other night, I saw a commercial for an upcoming "Hogan Knows Best" episode. Apparently some Hulk Hogan super-fan pays the Hogans a visit and gets to work out with Hulk. Somewhere along the line, the poor guy isn't feeling well and is shown tossing his cookies. The viewer is given a full-frontal view of the spew. (I promise you, I got this all from the teaser to the show—not the actual show).
This brings me to Things I Don't Want to See #1: people puking.
I don't know when this became an acceptable subject for television (Jackass, perhaps?), but I find it really offensive. It doesn't make me nauseous myself, I just put in on par with watching someone else go to the bathroom.
Maybe I was traumatized when, while using the in-classroom restroom in kindergarten, a boy came breaking through the door blowing chunks with the entire class in tow. (Yes, my pants were pulled up.) I was trapped inside with a front row seat to his show, while another boy laughed his ass off and jumped up and down in the middle of the crowd.
Therefore,I am keeping my fingers crossed that SOMEONE in tv-land will get a clue that viewers do not need graphic proof that someone is barfing, and leave things up to our imaginations.
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I wandered over here from Ms. Write Again Soon's blog . . .
Just last night, while watching the South Park movie, I was thinking that I too am disgusted by the puking phenomenon that has take over my TV. I'm not squeamish, but watching someone (even an animated character) puke *really* turns my stomach.
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