2014年12月13日 星期六

The world's most boring TV (and why it's hilariously addictive)

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December 13, 2014

Thomas Hellum: The world's most boring television ... and why it's hilariously addictive

18:06 minutes · Filmed Aug 2014 · Posted Dec 2014 · TEDxArendal

You've heard about slow food. Now here's slow ... TV? In this very funny talk, Norwegian television producer Thomas Hellum reveals how he and his team began to broadcast long, boring events, often live -- and found a rapt audience. Shows include a 7-hour train journey, an 18-hour fishing expedition and a 5.5-day ferry voyage along the coast of Norway. The results are both beautiful and fascinating. Really.

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  I love this. There is also a long-standing armed conflict in my country. It constantly bothers me when the default response of most people to the 'guerrilla' or 'rebel' forces is to simply seek and destroy. We've forgotten that they are people. We've forgotten that they are 'prisoners' as Ms. Sokoloff says. Completely understandable. But it would be difficult to achieve peace by waging war."

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