Hanan Al -Khalfan
The moral fall has always been associated with the pursuit of money, and it was said in the past that some of them may overlook their dignity or values in exchange for a handful of dirhams. These tales were shyly narrated, and they were said with reservations in the councils. Today, dignity is no longer sold for real money, but rather an electronic “lion” that is guided by an unknown follower in a live broadcast on Tek Tok!
At a time when madness was mixed with creativity, and the absurdity of content, we no longer differentiate between those who present a message and those who present their head. We are no longer surprised by those who look at us from the screen of the phone, as it drowns in foolishness, but we are only surprised by the how much interaction he reaps. It seems that the slogan of the stage has become simply: “If you are not ashamed … lively!”, As madness is no longer deposited in clinics, but it is broadcast on the Internet in HD quality, with a loud film and “Trend” music.
We are not talking about heavy humor or improvised joke, but rather about a new type of video that is broadcast on the public without embarrassment, whose owners call it “content”, while it is in fact not even worthy of being described as tampering. Everything is permissible for the sake of appearing, and every justified means as long as there is an audience that applauds, laughs and follows.
A few days ago, the platforms were shaken in Bahrain after one of them went out in a live broadcast, tampering with his head in the toilet as if he was presenting a genius scene that will be shown at a global festival.
The matter is not that he is a teenager in a moment of recklessness, and no child is ignorant of the consequences, but a young man who is assumed that he is stepping towards building himself, or he is the head of a family, or an ambitious young man who makes his way in life. But – unfortunately – decided to make his way towards the toilet, not glory!
The scene was not merely a violation, but rather a public insult to the values, a recklessness in society, and to hit the public taste with a stick of digital idiot. However, there are still someone who justifies, laughs, and may see this “new style” or “a funny scale”.
And you are as a viewer … Do you realize that when you laugh, continue and participate, you are not only consuming content, but cultivating a model?
Have you thought that your support for this type of behavior may make one of your children say to you one day: “After I want to become famous … like him!”?
At that time, do not be surprised, and do not blame him, you were the spectator … and the clap … and the way to the road.
No one refuses to be the media space for creativity, but what we see today is not creativity, but rather a slope wrapped with an artificial laugh and an inattentive audience, and it is more painful that there are those who believe that what he does is a message, and that it “reflects reality”, while what it offers only reflects a disturbance in the understanding of the borders. Do we really have a clear legislation that puts an end to this type of “descending entertainment”? Or do we simply need an audience with a closing button faster than the like button?
Frankly, no one is against laughter, but we are all against the absurdity to become a profession, and that madness turns into a means, and that the phone be a platform for sabotaging taste before minds.
If we are able to prevent them from appearing, at least we do not reward them with applause.
In the end, remember that today is an example. What role model will be?
Do you choose to open the door to a generation that learns that money is reaping from the toilet, or do you show them that success starts from the university? The decision is not only in the hands of those who broadcast … but in the hands of those who are seen as well.
