Written by Doublethink ( 30/4/08 )
One of my favourite movies is the disturbing & powerful Japanese classic The Ballad of Narayama (1958) by director Keisuke Kinoshita.
It came to mind whilst watching last night's first eviction and can you guess why?
The movie tells the story of an ancient Japanese custom where the young citizens of a remote Japanese villiage would carry their grandmothers when they turned a certain age to the snowy craggs of Mount Narayama. The no longer useful evicted elders would be left to die from exposure and starvation - a fate they were expected to meet with stoic resignation.
Such was the case last night on Big Brother when the small community was faced with the need to lessen their numbers. It started off with the usual bitchy and random picks of "you must go".
But that all ended when Nobbi ( a scholar of the ancient Japanese ways ) took to the stage....."Grandma Terri must die, allow me to carry her out" he said! The rest of the youthful members of Big Brother were suddenly stoked into logical action. Yes "Let's kill granny Terri....she's old" they chanted.
..and so it was to pass - Grandma gets the boot and Australia seeing the logic of Nobbi's ancient Japanese ways is now ready to re-embrace the Euthanasia debate with gusto!
Watch out oldies!
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