You Must be Evil

This isn't really meant as any type of rant or anything, just an observation of an oddly-timed coincidence in the world of media. Late Saturday night I decided, as I often do, to check out NBC's "Saturday Night Live" to see if it was funny this week - Karyn says I have nursed this show way too long and that I should give up on it, but I still keep hoping... Anyway, they showed a digital short titled 'Dear Sister' that basically had a series of people coming into a dorm room and killing each other with handguns - all predicted in a note that one of the victims/perpetrators wrote to his sister. There was a "Grey's Anatomy"-type music score and film style and a laugh track. I found it VERY disturbing - based on the feedback on the SNL site, many people felt otherwise and found it funny. Interestingly, the short is one of the few not available on the SNL site. The same network decided later in the week to inundate us with images and video of a mass murderer welding handguns. Images that my daughters were subjected to when we went out for pizza to celebrate their excellent report cards. Chris Rea says it so much better than I can - if you have access to it, I recommend listening to his song "You Must Be Evil". Here are the lyrics:

I come home from work
I see my little girl
She's crying on the floor
She's been watching that TV
This ain't late no, this ain't even dinner time
To show them things on that screen
What's wrong with you

You must be evil

Oh I know why you do it
You're just looking for sensation
You got a hold of something
You tell us that it's news
You don't have to show that stuff
Can't you show us some respect
You can tell us we don't need to see it
We don't need those cheap effects

You must be evil
You must be evil

I wish you were here
You don't have to show that stuff
You ain't fooling no-one
You made my little girl cry
I wish you were here
We all know why you do it
Sometimes you even slow it down
You're giving out some bad ideas here
I can't believe that you don't realise

You must be evil