Comments on: TBS Catching Heat After Child Injured During Performance

By: Kevin Crocker

Kevin Crocker — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:42:18 +0000

This is so not child exploitation. These kids learn Kung Fu from a very early age. They know the risks and they train hard. They are much harder and can take a lot more than your average child. If anything, it’s the fault of his stuntmen. Any head wound will bleed profusely, no matter how small the cut. He is a brave and extremely talented child. This sort of thing wouldn’T fly in America because americans have dumbed society down and are overprotective.

By: Montsan

Montsan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:26:15 +0000

Could someone give me a few examples of the kind of reputation TBS (and perhaps other stations) have? I’m hearing a lot of negative remarks about TBS and I guess I don’t watch enough Japanese television to pick up on the patterns. Many thanks.

By: Gragra

Gragra — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:45:41 +0000

That’s show biz…

By: Kairu

Kairu — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:32:17 +0000

To be honest, this seems like a bit of an over-reaction to me.

1.) Martial Arts is dangerous. Simple fact. If this is the first time the kid has bled during his training, I’d be very suprised.

2.) Head wounds bleed profusely even when minor. They need taken care of, sure, but they always look much worse than they are.

3.) Yes, they should have taken care of immediately, but they were on TV. I’m sure the conversation in their head went something like this “OcrapthekidisbleedingweregoingtobecanceledandI’mgoingtobefiredwhatamIgoingtodoturnthekidawayfromthecamerawhileIfigurethisoutGOTOCOMMERCIAL!”

By: the overthinker

the overthinker — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:16:34 +0000

Hey, I’m a past master at skull-cracking, being slightly taller than most doorways here….

By: the overthinker

the overthinker — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:36:08 +0000

Nah, it wasn’t extremely, only moderately extremely….

By: marinaliteyears

marinaliteyears — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:25:59 +0000

You’re right.(:

By: the overthinker

the overthinker — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:07:55 +0000

I can vouch for that. Hit my head once, thought it was moderately extremely painful, but then thought nothing more of it until a Niagara of blood started cascading over my face. Sure looked impressive….

As far as “exploitation” goes, even of children, this is nothing. Was it live TV? I assume so.

By: Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:53:06 +0000

I agree with you john k. But TBS does have a history of exploiting people. I’m sure the kid is fine and I certainly had my share of bloody boo boos growing up. That doesn’t mean that exploitation is not going on.

By: nescire

nescire — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:57:34 +0000

The hosts being morons notwithstanding (let a child bleed while on air, riiight), I think most of the outrage is due to the sight of blood on a kid.

Wounds to the scalp tend to bleed profusedly, also they’re usually not painful, or even felt at all (the recipient of such wounds often doesn’t notice it himself). With this in mind, the images aren’t nearly as impressive.

Maybe the hosts saw it was just a scratch and didn’t think of how it would look on tv…

By: doinkies

doinkies — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:59:29 +0000

It’s not that he got hurt, it’s that the injury wasn’t taken care of by the hosts of the TBS show immediately that the commenters thought was bad.

By: doinkies

doinkies — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:58:00 +0000

There were other copies of the video on YouTube, and probably someone will reupload it if those copies got taken off too.

I agree they should have taken care of the wound quickly.

By: Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:19:20 +0000

Just when you thought TBS could sink no lower. Now that the Kameda family have disappeared into their shell, TBS needs a new punk.

By: shazzb0t

shazzb0t — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:08:14 +0000

Wow, that was ridiculous. They should have attended to that right away.

Funny how its been taken off the internet so fast…

By: shazzb0t

shazzb0t — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:06:45 +0000

Did you happen to look at his face? He is after all only a kid.

By: Neil Duckett

Neil Duckett — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:18:00 +0000

Accidents happen, he’s fine i’m sure. The lady presenter tried to cover it up though which looked a bit dodgy.

By: Trym

Trym — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:15:25 +0000

I don’t look at it as explotation, the kid was playing, people get hurt by playing every day, and he still stands up, he was way cool though

By: Nikita

Nikita — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:06:25 +0000

It was so many attempts to find new Jackie Cheng…
But kids-TV/movie-stars is alway an exploitation. To be successful in shows/movies they had to sacrifice their education, and I doubt they(or their parents) really think about what they going to do when grow up.

By: onigiri

onigiri — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:39:34 +0000

That kid is fearless.

By: marinaliteyears

marinaliteyears — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:14:17 +0000

Poor kid.