Title: Orwell's 1984 and the Two Minute Hate — Digital Spy
Headings: Orwell's 1984 and the Two Minute Hate
Orwell's 1984 and the Two Minute Hate
Content: A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic." Remind you of anything? Like a typical Friday night eviction episode? Ironically, the object of hatred, is simply a construct - not even real. In the same way, we are manipulated into hating people who have been heavily edited and put in a bizarre situation where most people would not be able to cope without having their personalities break down. What we hate isn't real - it's completely manipulated. In the book, people are manipulated into hating different people at different times - one minute they think they are at war with Eurasia, the next, they are fighting Eastasia and have always been at peace with Eurasia. Isn't this the way with Big Brother the tv series? The contestants on the show are edited at the whims of the producers who decide that they like someone one week, and then decide they hate them. The tabloids play along, with their campaigns to kick out various people.