Negative Humor

I have always been an adamant believer that cameramen at sporting events events are cruel people. There are so many die hard fans out there. People who put their hearts and souls in to supporting their teams. And it can be pretty disappointing when your team loses. Some may be shocked. Others may cry. But no matter what one's response, I feel that there is always a cameraman there prepared to exploit one's emotions on national TV.

A fine example of this occurred in late March during the NCAA Tournament. As you all know, March Madness is a huge deal to quite a lot of people. Everyone has extremely high aspirations, and there is quite a bit of pressure and large expectations on those teams viewed to be some of the best. So when Villanova, a one-seed, fell to North Carolina State 71-68 in the third round of the tournament, there were some pretty upset fans. And as soon as the game had concluded, the national broadcast focused in on one of Villanova's band members who continued to play her piccolo as tears rolled down her face. I have included a picture of the incident below.

I immediately felt bad for the girl and knew this wouldn't be the last I would see of her due to how the Internet works. Twitter instantly blew up. There were so many people mocking her and photoshopping parodies of it. It was quite sad. I believe that many people don't stop to think that that is an actual person they are making fun of. They think of something funny and just run with it. A senior that was just upset her team had lost will probably never live this down. The Internet spreads negative humor like wildfire, and before you know, the whole nation is laughing at you.