Okay, I don’t usually get sent forwards through email (because I hate them), but I received this one. Please click the title (link) before reading the rest of this blog. You have to see it first.
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Okay, finished watching it?
So, here was my honest reaction to the first viewing: I laughed out loud. Then I watched it again, and laughed again. But, not at the end. Something about the little boy’s eyes filled with tears... Then I watched it again, and saw the depth of this little video that was just meant as a quick laugh. I went to school and the video stuck in my mind. When I got home I watched it again. Here’s why I now think it is more sad than funny:
-First off, the most obvious reason: The boy gets really scared from it. He tries beating the image but then runs away (he’s got guts for trying to fight it though!)
-The man (father?) set this up on purpose to film it. How does that boy feel about that now?
-The little boy is just too cute. He was really into the game and was asking the man questions (watch it again, and turn up the volume at the beginning). It seems to me like a “special moment” between him and the guardian. The boy had no idea he was being tricked.
-At the end, the boy runs to the man, fully trusting him to help. He’s been tricked, will trust be hurt?
-The boys face in the end ruins any reason to laugh for me. He is so cute, and I feel so sad for him.
-Did the man taking the video find it so funny that he wanted to share it with the rest of the world online? I wonder if the boy knows this.
This doesn’t mean that I find this video totally not funny. There’s something about human nature that likes seeing others be afraid. Maybe these types of events will help the boy later in life. It’s never good to blindly trust someone, and this could be one way of him learning that.
I think we are all guilty of laughing at things that we don’t really think about it the full context. Sometimes it’s good to think deeper.
What are your thoughts?
