One of the things I don’t like about Survivor is that the show is too close to real life. You’ve got several players in the jungle who depend on one another for survival but they also need to eliminate each other one by one to get to the prize. Take today’s episode for instance. The players were asked to do a school yard team pick and it played out exactly how it does in a school yard. The fat kid got picked last. I felt badly for her. It was down to the thin Courtney and a fat girl, Denise. My thought was this, the fat girl aka the Lunch Lady was stronger. She could have moved that boat. She has weight but she has strength. She was the better choice but school yard mentality transferred over into the real life play ground causing embarrassment and loss for the small minded individuals that left her behind.
Although I am not a fan of Jean-Robert I didn’t appreciate that they played him a fool. No matter if he’s a gigantic ass or not, he still doesn’t deserve to be laughed at and mocked. They did the same to Jamie last week. It seems the closer James gets to a million dollars the less I like him. He enjoyed both of them looking like fools. Perhaps it is from past experience that I frown at public humiliation but even when playing a game for a million dollars (which by the way doesn’t go very far these days in America) you can’t just mock and laugh without offending reasonable minded people.
The Light Footed One Todd will go home for the same reason Jean-Robert went home tonight, he’s a conniving little bully. He sways when the pressure is on and isn’t thinking straight. We’ll see you on the chopping block very soon. Jean-Robert I have a feeling you found yourself in the principals office quite a bit as a child. You’re a bully, a coward who threatens other players with retaliation if they don’t do as you say. You remind me of a football player facing life in prison right now. Your actions, the way you carry yourself with a cocky know it all “do this my way or else” attitude is nothing short of disgusting. Stick to cards, stick to games where you don’t have to open your mouth and prove to the world what an ass you are.
Tonight’s personal immunity challenge was also a true reflection of this game we call life. They sat on barrels with water slowing running out. You had to keep your balance or fall into a shallow pit of loss. The person with the best focus won that one. What bothered me was Frosti’s tactic to throw off other remaining members. To throw off the focus of those members he started singing. His little plan backfired. He got one person to lose focus but Courtney was able to hold on longer winning herself another week on Survivor China. What was so disgusting about what Frosti did is that he wasn’t even close to being on the chopping block. His winning personal immunity meant nothing. This week is the first week I saw a part of Frosti I don’t like. This is also the first week where I’ve strongly considered not continuing to watch the show. I don’t like the idea behind Survivor. I don’t like that they are pitted against one another. That they’re told they have to trust each other but then they go and toss in doubt and suspicion. The writers of the show are the real game players. Lets see just how far we can push these people and make the ugliness come out. They write well. They write well enough to make die hard Survivor fans click the remote in utter disgust.
Survivor may not be on Wall Street but it sure as heck is cut throat.
Winner takes all but having it all never really takes you that far.
Austin
Survivor China Is Reality
Thursday, November 08, 2007-8:40PM EST
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