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Le Jeu de la Mort (The Game of Death) is a French / Swiss television documentary broadcast by the French public television channel France 2. It was presented as a social commentary on the effects of obeying orders and humiliation in reality television, and its broadcast was followed by a studio discussion on the programme. [1]
Mar 17, 2010 · Is a crusading French documentary maker striking a blow at the abusive powers of television — or simply taking reality TV to a new low of cynicism and bad taste? That's the question viewers across...
Mar 17, 2010 · 'Game of Death' French TV show sparks controversy. A French TV programme has tried to demonstrate how well-meaning people can be manipulated into becoming torturers or even executioners....
Mar 18, 2010 · The documentary Game of Death, broadcast Wednesday in France, shows participants in a game show obeying orders to deliver increasingly powerful electric shocks to a man until he appears to...
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How many of us, placed in identical conditions, are capable of inflicting up to 460 volts? That's what France 2 wanted to find out, with the help of the team led by social psychology researcher Professor Jean-Léon Beauvois, in a fascinating documentary - Le Point
Mar 17, 2010 · The documentary, ominously titled "The Game of Death," will be broadcast tonight in primetime on state-run France 2 TV. The contestants thought they were taking part in yet another traditional television quiz show, this one called "Zone Xtrême".
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Mar 18, 2010 · The film is the best rating documentary in France for the past 12 months, taking a 13.7% share, and it has caused an uproar across its national press today (March 18), and is now garnering ...
