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I expect sheer stupidity and am extremely here for it.
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- Really weird to go from Survivor AUS' every man is a Big Boy Physical Beast to like, one dude who could complete at that level. I like it, just real jarring to watch. - Early guesses from everyone was that this season would suck without fan feed back . it looks like they may have internally recalibrated a bit on their own, though. The Evil Amulet of Evil is a great, great twist. Incredibly here for it. - Now do I think that it blows that Probst and the crew brought Jackson on, knowing full well he was likely to be a medical DQ? Absolutely. Do I think they did it intentionally? Definitely. Do I care? Not at all. Great way to tell his story succinctly too. Extra credit to showing Jeff talking to him at his most empathetic. And when they bring him back he'll already have people rooting for him. - Double bonus credit for not being afraid to show things like their mic packs or camera crews. my other reality TV love is The Challenge, and they've done everything to hide and outright edit away entire characters and plotlines. Multiple seasons were shutdown due to COVID outbreaks, players were removed because they tested positive, and one fan favorite (Ashley M) said something so offensive that it got her immediately DQed. None of this made it to air at all. Spectacularly poor editing. I LIKE that the show is leaning into the reality that, well, its a reality tv. And most people cast are going to be super fans trying to ferret out new twists and their impact. Acknowledging that subtext is a great, great choice.
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Mar 10, 2022 21:06
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I think its also just a change of the times too. MTV seemingly made a network-wide choice a few years ago to occasionally show producers bantering with and providing prompts during confessionals. So they'll occasionally show "What do you think of Jordan?" "I mean Jordan's cute" "is he a good flirt?" "Oh yeah, XYZ" I've always wondered how many of Jeff's lines are ADRed in after the fact, honestly.
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Mar 10, 2022 23:42
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ApplesandOranges posted:Backed up by exit press, Jackson told them a day before the game started. And the alternate they had (in case anyone dropped out) also left that day. Okay, I call bullshit here. Most reality shows keep multiple people as alternates through the early episodes for exactly this reason. Even with two people down (and we almost had another dude out with his shoulder) they should have still had someone who could step in. Then again, COVID probably hosed up any semblance of normal regulations.
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Mar 12, 2022 02:51
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The "Survivor's First Openly Trans Player" is 110% going to return in a future season.
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Mar 16, 2022 22:36
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Studio posted:this season owns. I'm hooting and hollering for Mike and his like, ultimate clownery. I hope he never gets voted out but fucks up more and more. Mike is my favorite type of player. I love when there's someone so frazzled and bad at the game that other "good" players have to deal with their bullshit.
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Mar 17, 2022 20:07
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Did they ever explain what happens if one of the three Beware Passphrase Idol holders is voted out? Are the other two totally hosed and lose their vote until merge? Or do they only need to now say two phrases? Or does the idol go back into play for someone else to discover?
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Mar 18, 2022 01:37
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I work on political campaigns (Biden and Clinton, here) and can confirm that I'd be terrible at playing Survivor too. Daniel is getting so much flack for his spectacular flameout online, but I agree that Channelle risking her vote was objectively hilarious. Like.... what?
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Mar 24, 2022 18:15
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I like that Survivor has revived itself by casting a huge amount of self-professed superfans every seasons. Endlessly hilarious to see almost all of them flame out hard. Way, way better than when they recruited everyone from random bars.
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Mar 25, 2022 23:53
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All you need to know about Daniel is that he was on Jeb!'s campaign back in the day.
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Apr 6, 2022 21:00
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Studio posted:Strunk managed to gently caress up literally the entire time, even starting off as likeable! Like ten seconds into Survivor he's fallen onto sand while lookin' like a real doofus. He Jeb!'d in a way only a real Jeb could, by burning every possible connection in a way where everyone seemed to hate him, and every time he tried to salvage anything it turned up worse. I want to give this quote all the applause. To be fair I worked on the Hillary and Biden campaigns and I'm certain I'd probably do even worse than he did.
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Apr 9, 2022 01:43
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There was that one hilarious season of Big Brother ages ago where everyone sat around saying absolutely heinous racist and sexist poo poo. People were throwing racial slurs left and right, and it culminated with a guy defending Hitler. Good times.
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I mean if Jonathan hops on twitter and starts defending literal fascists than yeah, gently caress that guy. But so far he's been a gentle giant, and lovably self-aware. Also man, that bit where he admiringly talks about his Dad likely being an abuser is just... something that'll stick with me.
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