The Pedagogue

26Feb10

There is a stereotype about The French that they only like to travel so that they can complain about how inferior every country is to France. But I recently read that some French travelers are searching for a genuinely thrilling experience in their next vacation: they are paying a minimum of $1,200 to Ultime Réalité for someone to kidnap and imprison them for four hours.
If they are true high rollers, then they’ll opt for a package that is more expensive and custom-designed to their mental histories (and most likely, mental illnesses, considering that they are paying to be tied up, gagged, and carted away). It makes me think of Michael Douglas in the classic psychological thriller of capitalist malaise, The Game. The only birthday gift his brother can think to get him is the most elaborate “abduction package” money can buy.
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Filed under: Cinema & Celebrity, Gauche, In The Tabloids, Paris, Pimp   |  2 Comments

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  1. 1 Laughter-Loving Stacy on Feb 26th, 2010 said:

    Oh crazy! Sounds fun but I know it would be too scary for me! Ha, ha :)

  2. 2 parisimperfect on Feb 26th, 2010 said:

    That is quite simply…crazy.

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