Why is there a growing desire for violent TV shows?

From "Corpse Wars North Korea", "Sweet Homeland" to "Squid Game", South Korea has always been able to grasp the taste buds of people watching movies. And these popular TV series are all full of blood and violence. I believe that many people have also discovered this trend, so the author would like to continue to explore why today's audiences are more and more eager for violence to appear in film and television dramas?

Violent aesthetics are indeed one of the reasons. But when it moved from the movie screen to the TV series, it also reflected the trend of the public becoming more and more tolerant of violence. So, excluding the visual impact that the recognized aesthetics of violence brings to the viewer, is there a social emotion that drives this phenomenon?

First, find out what do these shows have in common besides violence?

A closed environment/dimension.

Doomsday.

Authority, and the forces that oppose it.

Most people and few people.

Faced with a choice.

Evil and so-called justice, and the moment when justice falls.

There was roaring, there was surrender, there was awakening.

I have always believed that this drama is not only about school violence, but more about the epitome of society. It is the screenwriter who wants to reflect the modern society and use the tone of a primary school teacher to spur the naive thinking of the people.

Moreover, what is more in line with the theme is that "The Queen's Classroom" also uses the environment of a certain class on the elementary school campus to create a relatively "closed" small society.

I have always believed that this drama is not only about school violence, but more about the epitome of society. It is the screenwriter who wants to reflect the modern society and use the tone of a primary school teacher to spur the naive thinking of the people.

Moreover, what is more in line with the theme is that "The Queen's Classroom" also uses the environment of a certain class on the elementary school campus to create a relatively "closed" small society.

When Shinya, who represents authority, appears, most people begin to succumb. Under the "coercion and inducement" of authority, they trample on the interests of others step by step to seek their own will.

And most human beings have this kind of inertia - too lazy to make choices. In the face of authority, you will forget the most basic moral bottom line, and (subconsciously) forget that you still have the right to choose.

Post my favorite quote:

Everyone has the right to refuse, even authority is not indestructible.

"When you encounter pain, all you will do is close your eyes, but even if you close your eyes, the problem will not be solved." Isn't that the main point of these violent themes?

When human beings are gradually numb and become like children who only know how to ask and passively accept, there needs to be a deadly authority to help people realize that human rights must not be violated, no matter what the reality is.

And when we appreciate it, we are also glad that these happened in fake TV series, or in the distant war years, we seem to realize that the truth of reality is not much better, it is just not as strong, or it did not happen in the Just on you.

There is a famous Stanford Prisoner Experiment that explores the same question in a more brutal way:

In 1971, a research team led by American psychologist Philip Zimbardo conducted a study in a mock prison in the basement of Stanford University's Department of Psychology Building on the human response to captivity and the effect of captivity on the authorities and the supervised in the prison. Psychological research on behavioral influence.

As prisoners and guards quickly adapt to their roles, the dangers and injuries grow. A third of the guards were thought to display "true" sadistic tendencies, and many prisoners were psychologically traumatized, with two having to withdraw early from the experiment.

This change in character is what he called the "Lucifer effect", and God's favorite angel Lucifer later fell into the devil Satan.

So, I think one of the important reasons for the public acceptance of violent aesthetics is the "experimental nature" of the show. This nature satisfies the curiosity of the audience, as experimental results are always "reported" at the end.

Therefore, when people feel more and more that this violent experiment actually reveals the truth of the world that people want to see in a sense, then people are not afraid of the bloodiest and ugliest side being revealed.

The second reason is much simpler to explain - the entire society is shrouded in capitalism, and people are under increasing anxiety and pressure, and people want to escape from the original system.

How to do it?

The answer, unsurprisingly, is to find new authority. Only when new forces emerge, will the old be brought forth.

The government seems to be excluded from these themes, but it is always reflected. As one of the objects of confrontation and rebellion.

However, in a place of freedom, equality and democracy, is the new force that emerges the most important point of people's pursuit of happiness?

A free man with a higher education must think critically about this:

Because as long as there is authority, there will be control, inequality, unfreedom, and the resistance of a few people.

In the end, maybe everything has to go back to square one.