There are two kinds of people in this world, one who kiss in public and one who don’t and there is a clear cultural divide between the two types. The public kissers are from the Western hemisphere and the private kissers are from the Eastern. So no surprises when a term called ‘kiss cam’ originates in that part of the world. Frankly I hadn’t heard of this term, till this kiss became the kiss of death, you know like the Vish-Kanyas of ancient India.
These girls for the ignoramuses of the West were supposed to be specially trained and groomed with doses of snake venom to kiss their target literally to death. Here unfortunately, there was kiss cam but no kiss, but it did end up devastating the love life of Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot. The kiss of death for their professional, personal and social life.Kisses have played havoc even in our parliament, some of you may recall, else just to jog your memory, you may like to revisit (https://thesuyashsharma.com/kissa-kiss-ka/).
I became aware of Cold Play only after their concert tickets in India became more precious than gold and diamonds this January. It was reported that the going rate at one time was almost Rs 10 lakhs. While I do enjoy English music, but my tastes have got stuck with the Old Country songs and the music of the 60s to 80s. A Frank Sinatra, Jim Reeves, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams or Abba, BoneyM, occasionally Michael Jackson or Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams or Paul Anka, John Denver, Cliff Richard types. We just didn’t evolve after that, so Cold Play was given a cold shoulder till first, the concert ticket prices in India, which reminded us of the 70s again where ‘paanch ka dus’ (black marketing of cinema tickets) and now this ‘kiss cam’ scandal.
The term itself is a ‘scam’, imagine you are enjoying the event in the company of that someone special and like a ‘Peeping Tom’, you not only disturb their pleasurable moments but go ahead and splash it on the ‘Jumbotron’. The Peeping Tom goes about Tom‘toming’ it to the world. ‘Kiss cam’ for the uninformed or those born in the 50-60-70 decades, like me, is that
moment when a couple is homed onto by the roving eye and then when they appear on the ‘jumbotron’, they are expected to kiss in full public view, the public in turn applauds this sporting gesture of theirs. This activity is typically conducted during the breaks in the event to keep the public glued to the idiot boxes. Incidentally Obamas too have been at the receiving end once and they dutifully played to the gallery. Celebrities perforce need to oblige. We Indians are known to have given this kiss a miss in many a Bollywood movies, with two flowers symbolically conveying it so oh so subtly. If only these Western guys understood, Andy and Kristin would have been spared the blushes. After all it was just an embrace which ended up embarras-sing them. Embrace and embarrassment reminds me of that jhappi which was far from being magical(jadu ki jhappi) turned out to be quite grumpy (https://thesuyashsharma.com/the-embrace/).
Andy and Kristin were the top honcho of ‘Astronomer’, they ought to be looking for a good astrologer now to save their skin.
32 thoughts on “Kiss Cam”
Nicely worded
Dear Sir,
Your article on “Kiss Cam” is engaging and entertaining. You’ve woven together a narrative that’s both informative and enjoyable to read. Your observations on cultural differences in public displays of affection are spot on.
Your writing is a pleasure to read, and your unique perspective is refreshing. You’ve done a great job sharing your thoughts and insights on this topic. The historical reference to “Vish-Kanyas” and your commentary on the “Kiss Cam” scandal are particularly noteworthy. Overall, your article is well-written and enjoyable.
With Warm Regards,
Good morning Suyash. Your writings are really entertaining and thought provoking. Really great and amazing. Congrats.
Amazing as always Suyash!
Kisssss!! Kisko pyar karoon!! Shammi Kapoors evergreen number….
Really nice read 👍
A good read as always Suyash. And making the sense in the nonsense around us is a fading capability.
With so many deviations and distractions staying on the right path is the challenge. Even the sense of understanding what is right is on the wane
Good write as always
Well this part of the world appreciates the words “jumma chumma de de.”, rather the act itself.
I am sure You will surely blog on this phrase some time soon
Jumma and her chumma which was stolen if I recall correctly, will make an interesting blog some day for sure Deepak
No one expects the unexpected…..These two in their wildest of dreams couldn’t have fathomed their presence amidst the crowed to be spotted and flashed on the screen. Obviously it wasn’t meant to be the way it unfolded as the camera man was adding to the vibe of the concert. What they’ve endured post the expose is personal and should be best left to them to solve or resolve. This episode has only cautioned the future Casanova couples to be wary and guarded in public domains.
Good read the scam costed them the job. A quick fall from fame
Again an excellent read…thx for sharing the “Inside – Out” of Kiss Cam. I remember one term which was used during most of the fauji social gatherings – “Public Display of Affection (PDA)”.
Kiss kiss ko pyaar karoon,? Kiss Miss ko kiss karoon. That is the question!! 😂
Just beware of the roving eye Atul
Well that makes for quite a star-crossed couple! Or should I be saying “star-crass”ed
A wonderful write up with good humour !
Sir,
As they say
प्यार करने वाले कभी डरते नहीं,
जो डरते हैं वो, प्यार करते नहीं।
😁
This love took a flight at the first sight Abhishek
Nice read!
Nice 👍
The cold play concert got too hot for the honchos & fried their Careers I guess; well covered Suyash!
Thanks Suyash ji for enlightenment…
This was indeed a display of ‘hot play’ by cold play, in disguise…….
Par aisse kiss, kis kaam ki, jo kaam (job) se hee tyag patra dena padhey…
Wonderful kiss. Oops…piece as always 🙃
If only the two individuals involved had watched our movies of the yonder years. They would then have carried two flowers and the moment the cameras zoomed onto them, out would have come the flowers to do some coy calisthenics. Many a blush could have been avoided by this simple expedient!
Excellent read once again Sir.
Loved it Suyash
Sanat
Good one Sir
A Comprehensive Coverage of the now famous “Cold Play Pose” akin to the Titanic Pose.It certainly has put caution amongst the Adventurous Pairs Whilst venturing out in Public.
Comments( Contd)
Cold Play was Perfectly timed as a ” Build up” to the Subsequent forms of Play ( viz Foreplay,Actual Play and Afterplay”…but got ” Short Circuited” in the Build up stage before other Stages could “Play out”.Lesson learnt for Such Players .” Always Play Smart”.
A forehead kiss on a child is perfectly acceptable, because it’s not romantic, but nurturing. Romantic kisses; however, remain confined largely to private spaces for even modern urban couples…sometimes even cinematic ones.
as usual enjoyed reading.Great topic chosen
Kiss kiss ko kiss Karoo, ki kissaa kiss ka kass-ke kalyaann kare; Kaheen kpooll kalpanaa kasmasaa ke kraahe naheen….Hindi vibhaaag main hee pakad letaa hun. This one reminded me that we are closing up to out-dated stamping.
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