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This is a very famous picture taken by Eddie Adams in 1968. The picture shows a street execution of a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon. The photograph not only captures the spectacle of a public execution, but also was taken the very moment before the bullet was fired.
This short video shows a public execution in Pakistan. The taliban are executing two Afghans. Don’t worry, you don’t actually see any the deaths or execution. My point about this video is that the spectacle here is widely received. From the video you can see maybe a few hundred people who have come out to watch the execution.
This video shows Harry Houdini escaping from a straitjacket. Back in the early 1900s, Houdini’s shows were indeed a public spectacle. Afterall, they were memorable, and Houdini was one of the most famous names in the western world. Many would flock to see his shows thus making his abilities that of a public spectacle.
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Finally, this is another famous image that I have chosen as it depicts another public spectacle. This one, however, is a little more light hearted. It shows two people kissing passionatly in public. I feel like this image is just as shocking or memorable as the other images because public shows of emotion on this level are not often seen. If you see a child crying in the supermarket, you don’t think much of it, but if you saw a middle-aged woman on the floor crying in a supermarket, you would remember it for a long time. (For the record, my mum actually did see a middle-aged woman crying on the floor of tesco’s. Apparently she had an emotional breakdown or something.)
