Spectatorship itself becomes a life-or-death determinant

Evidence

It is not enough that the participants kill each other, but in doing so they must provide a compelling persona and narrative. Doing so guarantees them good standing in their odds and means that they will be provided with assistance by those who are betting on their victory. Before they enter the arena they are given makeovers and are interviewed like contenders on American Idol. Gaining the support of the audience is a matter of life in death. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 683

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Immediacy cinema transforms spectators into accomplices through adrenaline-torrent immersion — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 191; Collective distraction is a life-and-death matter, not merely unpleasantness — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 297; Immersive staging physically reoriented spectators into a clambering, exposed position — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1668

Broader Connections

• Immediacy cinema transforms spectators into accomplices through adrenaline-torrent immersion #expands (0.85) — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 191
• Collective distraction is a life-and-death matter, not merely unpleasantness #corroborates (0.80) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 297
• Immersive staging physically reoriented spectators into a clambering, exposed position #exemplifies (0.78) — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1668