It's well acted and has a message - but, sadly, it goes way too far into absurdity. At least the majority of the script is half decent.
Let me tell you why the request would never be even entertained:
1. There is no guarantee the princess isn't already dead. 2. By doing the act, he would actually encourage more of the same from other terrorists. Giving into demands has never been the policy of any government for this very reason. The only exception I can think of is if there was a nuclear weapon about to blow... the fatalities in that case may warrant drastic action - but not even that is likely to make a PM have intercourse with a pig. Just nonsense. 3. His wife would not be that unsympathetic, especially after a year. 4. Kidnapping a royal or high ranking official doesn't happen. Guess why? Because unlike us poor suckers, they're seen as super important and have round the clock armed guard. You'd be dead if you tried. 5. There's no guarantee of compliance.
I think the premise of this episode came about to get word of mouth out about the show. It relied on the controversial, silly nature of it to get people to tune in. That's probably the real message here....
Let me tell you why the request would never be even entertained:
1. There is no guarantee the princess isn't already dead. 2. By doing the act, he would actually encourage more of the same from other terrorists. Giving into demands has never been the policy of any government for this very reason. The only exception I can think of is if there was a nuclear weapon about to blow... the fatalities in that case may warrant drastic action - but not even that is likely to make a PM have intercourse with a pig. Just nonsense. 3. His wife would not be that unsympathetic, especially after a year. 4. Kidnapping a royal or high ranking official doesn't happen. Guess why? Because unlike us poor suckers, they're seen as super important and have round the clock armed guard. You'd be dead if you tried. 5. There's no guarantee of compliance.
I think the premise of this episode came about to get word of mouth out about the show. It relied on the controversial, silly nature of it to get people to tune in. That's probably the real message here....