Posted on 08/23/2006 5:06:13 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon
Just a consequence of the new multicuktural mix - it cut the "old white guys" numbers down to one.
Remember this is less about race, and more about carefully, handpicked by experts, people, that are expected by casting to deliver certain personalities to the show.
If you say so. but who knows what personalities will actually work on the island?
I thought I counted only four on one of the teams instead of five. Is that usual? I don't watch the show. But, if the groups stick together I'd hope the team with the most guys would win. Better scenery ;-)
"If you say so. but who knows what personalities will actually work on the island?"
As far as winning the contest no one knows, but many people will be tuning in like I did the first season thinking that these are substantive, outdoorsy types, like Rudy, or the fireman that won in recent years.
Many people will be looking for a little of a racial competition, but in reality these people will not represent the better class (the warrior class) of their races.
My prediction is it will be difficult to learn much of anything from this carefully influenced competition.
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If ANY of the contestants had a problem with this new twist, they could have gotten out of this version of Survivor. No one was holding a gun to their heads to stay. Looks like the lure of possibly winning a cool mil trumps all other concerns on installment 13. And while I'm at it, why did they wait till the 13th incarnation to do this? 13 is supposed to be an unlucky number. There are many instances to back that up, chief among them is Apollo 13's saga. seeBS could really be in trouble with this one. It'll be interesting to see how this one will play out.
My first thought was, there's no way the whites will be allowed to win. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
My bet is Moonves' wife suggested this atrocity. Watch and see who wins. Just to prove a point.
Team captains: David Duke, Louis Farrakhan, and whoever the grande queso at La Raza/MeCHA is.
Oh, almost forgot: Lots. Of. Guns. And. Ammunition.
With any luck, they'll kill each other off in the first episode...
Not in the graffiti challenge...
Now THAT, I would watch...
I was talkin' 'bout de Microwave Run, Plasma TV run, the ever-popular watermelon toss, etc. /sarc
I don't know of any militant Asian racialist organizations. Asian-American culture doesn't seem to support professional victimhood as any sort of virtue.
Sorry Doc. I disagree. This should be fascinating. It's also good to see a major network break out of all this PC garbage.
The fact is that different races exist. Each race has some unique characteristics other than skin color which makes them different from other races. And quite frankly I doubt if most people will root for their own race anyway. They will likely root for the team that has the same values as they do and and the team with whom they can identify with on a higher level.
I tend to avoid watching these survivor shows. I might tune into this one.
I cannot believe you watch that nonsense!
LOL!
You want to watch a real survivor show, watch the DVD on Navy Seal training.
Since when did surviving include 'voting' on something? (they do vote on those shows do they not?)
In a real survival situation, a social order would have to set up where the strong (men) would have to protect the weak (women).
Without that, the women are just prey, they will not be 'competing' with the men.
Would you watch a specifically-chosen-by-race black NFL team matched up against a specifically-chosen-by-race white NFL team?
Or would you think that's setting racial relations back about 200 years?
Would you watch a "Survivor" that pits Jews against Christians?
These aren't flippant questions. I'd like a real answer because I think this angle in entertainment programming is revolting.
And if you're a betting man (and I heard you were) then put your money on the Asian team. Leslie Moonves intends for them to win to further an agenda. Watch and see.
Probably not. But I'd bet on the black team.
Would you watch a "Survivor" that pits Jews against Christians?
That would be cool. I would hope they have moslem and hindu and buddhist teams as well. I suspect that when it came down to the end, it would be the jews against the Christians. Wheras I might not root for a white team against a black team, I suspect I would probably root for the Christians.
These aren't flippant questions. I'd like a real answer because I think this angle in entertainment programming is revolting.
I think it is real. We live in a world where race seems to matter too much and yet we all pretend as if it isn't relevant. It is the elephant in the living room. The fact of the matter is that the various races came into existence because people gathered in tribes and tended to be suspicious of people who did not look like them. Let us address the elephant in the living room, shall we? People tend to feel more comfortable around people who look like they do, be it the way they dress or the way they look or the way they talk or the color of their skin. That is reality. Survivor is a reality show. Separating the teams by race is a reflection of our society. It may not be a good reflection, but it is a reflection nevertheless.
I do not find the idea offensive. Liberals are having a knee jerk knibshen fit over this. Based on that fact alone, I think it is a good idea.
But the answer is not to play into the error and further the problem. Do you expect a black man to laugh at racist jokes?
It's lunacy. But sadly typical of Hollywood today.
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