Am I the only person that thinks the new show Identity on NBC is just a game show that rewords people for being good at discrimination? What message is this sending to children watching the show?
2006-12-23 08:01:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
It doesn't teach discrimination, it's actually based on breaking stereotypes.
It's actually a good show that teaches people to really think about someone other than by their appearance, so it's a way of getting people NOT to judge and stereotype others based on appearance.
If you watch the show a little closer you'll notice that there's always 1 person that is "obvious" (like the one with the "Witch Doctor" in hide clothing and antlered headgear) and appears exactly like the stereotypical person from that identity. Then there are those dressed similar (3-4 people) to where a single identity could apply to any of them. Of course there's always the obscure celebrity (some one not well known by their appearance) like Stan Lee (the creator of Spider-Man), a particular athlete, writer, etc. where the person has to be familiar with the specific field that the celebrity comes from.
If you look closely the contestants are often wrong when they pick some one based soley on a stereotype ("S/he definately looks like a _?_ ") rather than really studying the body language, posture, and physical details of everyone up there and using some faint trace of logic.
The game relies on the old saying "You can't judge a book by it's cover" and that's the trick to winning the game. To figure out who some one is beyond what the gerneally look like. Ignorant people that go solely on stereotypes, always lose early, and anyone watching that judges people only by appearance will also find themselves "losers" when the play along at home.
The only way to win is to think outside the box, use logic and attention to detail to see beyond meer appearances. People that get good "playing at home" learn not to be so judgemental on appearances and accept the fact that what a person looks like does not determine who they really are.
2006-12-23 11:04:46 · answer #1 · answered by Rukh 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. At least it's not teaching HATE. That's the problem with discrimination. A lot of people are in favor of discrimination, it allows people to get special treatment that they believe is due them (i.e. Blacks and Hispanics).
I'm not a fan of the show, but I will say that everybody judges everybody. If I saw you walking down the street, I'd make a judgement about you....and you would do the same about me. You can't tell me that you don't assume something about the people that you see. Sometimes those judgements are right, and other times they are wrong.
For example, why do you wear the clothes you wear? Because they say something about you. Your clothes let others know about you before you ever open your mouth. Right? Is that a bad thing? No, but it's discrimination, right?
2006-12-23 16:21:32 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea I kinda thought the same thing.. If it's olympians or child stars I think it's ok. Some of the others are kinda right on the line.
2006-12-23 16:04:32 · answer #3 · answered by Bobbie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought it was supposed to do the opposite, showing that it's hard to guess who a person is just by looking at them
2006-12-23 16:23:03 · answer #4 · answered by painfully_average 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋