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05/11/2001 Archived Entry: "Crime and Punishment"

I found this article about the punishment of some teenagers who tried to film themselves jump over a car driving towards them rather amusing; they aren't allowed to watch TV apart from nightly news programs and they have to write a book review every fortnight for twelve classics. A fairly imaginative punishment although I'm two minds as to whether the kids will actually appreciate the novels; maybe they shouldn't have to read classics as such, but more critically acclaimed books?

Apparently the case had something to do with the MTV 'Jackass' show. This sounds ominously like the not-funny antics of Tom Green, who in my opinion represents some of the worst shock-humour comedians in the world. Kids these days don't seem to know what real humour is; just because someone or something is disgusting or shocks people doesn't automatically mean it's funny. I remember reading a few reviews of Tom Green's new movie (luckily its title has escaped my memory) and thinking that it seemed like a disconnected series of scenes which were the work of a committee of six year olds on acid.