Remember last season, when they divided into four groups based on age/sex? I thought that was bad enough. But, like all reality shows, whether it's good or bad, they've managed to top that.
Come September 14, we'll all get to see Segregated Survivor. Seriously. They're dividing the twenty contestants into four racially based teams - asians, latinos, blacks, and white folks. Watch Jeff Probst explain the reasoning.
Oh, forget it. I'll tell you what he said. "I found it to be one of the freshest ideas going back to the beginning of the show in season one."
Freshest?
Freshest?
Fuck you. Racial division isn't a "fresh" idea. Segregation isn't a "fresh" idea. Sadly, this is the CBS reaction to viewers writing in and saying that the show wasn't ethnically diverse enough. Nice solution, don't you think? Instead of just choosing more contestants from different backgrounds, we'll get them and reinforce the differences between them.
The show is "a social experiment. We're just adding another layer to that experiment." You want to add another layer? How about having one person of each ethnicity on each team? How about switching teams more frequently? How about separating the teams based on their favorite color? Or political party affiliation? Shoot, there are hundreds of different things they could have done to add to the "social experiment," but sadly, they went back in time for outdated social values. Let's separate 'em all by race! Wouldn't that be cute!
I wonder what the tribe names will be? The chinks, the spics, the coons, and the crackers? I mean, what the fuck?
Welcome to Reality TV today. It's not about entertainment. It's about creating conflict. It's about bringing the worst out in people.
But hey, as long as it gets ratings, then it's OK, right?
Posted by mikey at 12:29 PM. Filed under: Grrr! • Reality bites •
