Posted on 02/09/2007 5:50:37 PM PST by DredTennis
Last night's première of the 14th season of the reality television show Survivor had a ripped-from-the-headlines feel about it.
As usual, the 19 castaways–"marooned" in the Fiji Islands this time around–were divided into two tribes. But instead of each group getting an empty beach where they had to somehow build a shelter from palm fronds and whatnot, one tribe–after winning an immunity challenge–got to settle at a campsite with a "fancy" shelter, kitchen, and bathroom that the combined group had constructed earlier from Home Depot-quality building supplies.
So there you have it, a quasi-Marxist battle on prime-time CBS between the "haves" and "have-nots" right at the same moment that growing income inequality has become a hot topic of political debate. In his recent economic speech in Manhattan, President Bush said the following:
I know some of our citizens worry about the fact that our dynamic economy is leaving working people behind. We have an obligation to help ensure that every citizen shares in this country's future. The fact is that income inequality is real; it's been rising for more than 25 years.
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What I noticed last night was the high numbers of Asians and Blacks on the show. It appears they are trying to set up drama between two ethnic groups that historically don't get along.
They let the older Asian lady with way too much plastic surgery pick the tribes and she didn't go down that road. We'll see how the dynamics play out later.
I don't watch Survivor, but the Apprentice has a similar situation this year with winning teams getting better living accomodations.
My shock is at the depths US News has sunk to in printing such trash.
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