1/11/2019 0 Comments Bird Box: Thinking Outside the BoxBy Samantha Bostrom On December 13th of 2018, Netflix released another original movie that is sparking inspiration, understanding, and idiocy amongst hundreds of people all over the country.
A rapper who played a roll in the Bird Box film, Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) gave his thoughts on the recent thriller sweeping the nation “[W]hen [I] read the script [I] remember thinking ‘Birdbox‘ was a metaphor for what’s going on in the real world. And it really is. Don’t take off ur “blindfold” and become like all the ugliness around us. it’ll kill u. stay focused on your own [thing].” When more and more people began voicing their opinions about the controversial film, no one was preparing for the next internet trend. A challenge has emerged out of the depths of Youtube and it has coined the name Bird Box Challenge. So many videos have already been uploaded by teens and YouTubers alike, they take part in a 24-hour session of being blindfolded while partaking in normal everyday routines, or a shorter amount of time if the challenger chooses. Just searching the words “bird box challenge” Google search engines will give you at least 10,600,000 links to videos of people young and old taking part in this problem, and the worst part is they do not even realize the dangers of the so called challenge. Similar to the “In my feelings challenge” inspired by famous rapper Drake, no one knew the dangers of the challenge until more and more teens attempting it got hurt. Taking part in the Bird Box Challenge does not change your popularity status or your relevancy to the “it” crowd, it merely adds you to the sea of millions endangering themselves in the pursuit of becoming famous for a day and forgotten the next. Netflix has tweeted and pleaded that they take no responsibility for these actions, as they had no intention of people getting hurt, in fact, the film seems to have done the opposite of its purpose.
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