That’s Entertainment?

“America’s Funniest Home Videos” reveals the new wave in family entertainment is near-death experiences, or at the least, excruciating pain, caught on film. Case in point: an entire segment devoted to old people falling—downstairs, off bicycles, over street curbs. And at the Museum of Modern Art, a showcase of abstract expressionist paintings and the premiere of Jackass 3-D. Only in ancient Rome/ modern-day America!