Hmm…that give me an idea for next year.
Hispanics could be the x-factor. During critical parts of Survivor, the contestants can reveal their “double allegiance”.
Or as Randy Milholland wrote in the best Something Postive ever:
I could be in three teams at once! Yay me!
Uh … isn’t it usually Jews who are accused of double allegiance? Or am I behind the times?
We have a winner!
Now that would be funny.
I await this edition of Survivor with my usual level of excitement and anticipation, i.e., exactly zero.
You’ve stated this exact thing before (different thread), I believe w.r.t. monstro. I’m confused. Are you saying you agree with monstro or you really are monstro?
Nonsense. They’ll probably have 10,000 applicants, they’ll end of selecting by skin tom=ne and what their last name sounds like, and they’ll CALL it race. Just like most people.
monstro and you with the face are sisters (twins, I believe). I think that ywtf was indicating that they were posting from the same computer and that she forgot to switch the logins.
If they want to gererate a REAL buzz, the producers should have tribes of Christians, Jews, Muslims and Hindus. The competitions would be: cross burning, money lending, car bombing, and eating burgers.
I just came back from Miami, visiting my twin sister. She’d logged on to the Dope thru my laptop and I realized that she forgot to log off when I made that post.
These things happen.
Why you gotta put the blame all on me?
Are you a fan of Joseph L. Graves, Jr?
He wrote a fascinating book on the subject.
Identical? and did you both arrive at SDMB independently? That would be kind of cool.
A friend at work told me today that his cousin, Sekou Bunch, was one of the players on this series of Survivor. I’m debating whether or not I should pump him for inside information.
Fraternal. monstro discovered the place first and then told me about it.
Considering that, back in the day, it was very common for networks to produce kids’ versions of popular game shows (e.g. Storybook Squares), this may not be too far-fetched.
As far as the OP goes, I personally have no problem with this season’s premise at all. As has been mentioned already, the original divisions will probably only last 1 or 2 episodes, like the older/younger men/women in Panama. By the 2nd episode, the tribes were re-shuffled. It’s a ratings ploy, pure and simple, and the bigger stink people raise about it, the higher the ratings will be.
And, for the uninitiated who think CBS will change their minds, the show is already completed.
I really hope they had the sense to sneak in a bunch of gays who can double-cross everybody along culture, race, age & gender lines.
I really did not need to know this. My intelligent-twin-sister fantasy is working overtime.
These cries of segregation ring false when said segregation is entirely voluntary. It’s difficult to oppress people who signed up for it, you know?
As for the idea that the producers will give up when they realize that race is an artificial construct, come on. Most people self-identify with a race (or multiple races). That gives you a pretty good starting point, don’t you think?
oh, and you with the face? This seems like a good place to mention just how much I’ve always loved your user name. It never fails to bring me a smile.