”Is watching itself a form of violence? Is it a form of in which we must look on as someone we love is humiliated or destroyed before our eyes? Or is watching the unauthorized or even criminal scopophilia of voyeurism?” The spectacle of persecution has always repeated in the history— the cultural revolution during the 60s of China.
The people who announced to be sentenced, was showed to the audience for several days. This is the most of persecution method during the cultural revolution. It becomes the scene of torture. Students and Red Guards celebrated to the persecution scene. The victims are like actors, presenting the play to the audience. Watching itself becomes a punishment for the alerting people.