Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Race Riots on Survivor!
Not really...but methinks there is some drama in the newest evolution of the hit show: the buzz is that Survivor cast meembers will be grouped by race into four tribes in the new season. Of course they have grouped already by age and sex, so this isn't all that new. But I feel race is a little more touchy a subject. A few years back, Real World/Road Rules Challenge was going to do an entire season with gays versus straights. But right before they started filming, MTV balked. I wonder if this Survivor will actually be filmed with tribes in racial groups, or if it too will be an incendiary idea that falls by the wayside.
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is this show still on tv?!?!
this pisses me off. i wasn't able to articulate why when i first heard about it, but now i think i've got it: why are we taking a step back in time? this is segregation--and for what? tv entertainment?
what makes me cringe even more is that doing the show this way apparently was a "reaction"/"solution" to the problem of the show getting flack for not being diverse enough. so this is their answer to that problem? i mean really...
i can understand dividing by age and sex...those are real things. but race? race isn't even real.
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