Coldplay’s semi-fascist ‘kiss cam’

The ease with which we accept that the two stunned summer lovers (who went to a crowded concert to cheat on their partners, to embrace as if on the eve of their wedding, to desperately try to hide when the find themselves in focus) were exposed by Coldplay’s semi-fascist kiss cam is impressive. A giant eye roaming the stands of a stadium, stopping where it pleases and pressuring people to kiss in full view of a crowd that will either boo or applaud the passion on display, if there is any (what does the camera know? what does the public know? how do they distinguish between engaged couples from parents accompanying their daughters in the VIP areas?).

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