Reality alert: Those of you who hate these shows, this one’s not for you.
This week, we saw the end of Big Brother All-Stars and the start of Survivor Cook Islands.
Big Brother: I didn’t watch much of Big Brother this year. The show’s getting long in the tooth, and pretty boring. That being said, the final episodes were great. Seeing Will Kirby, the “evil doctor” from BB 2, make it to the final four was amazing. Some history for those of you who haven’t followed the show since its start: Will was the winner of BB 2 (the only winner to make the All-Stars show), whose strategy was to tell everyone that he’d betray them, but always be nice to them (until the actual betrayal, which always happened). He was a legend. Among other things, that meant that he walked into BB 2 with the biggest target on his back. He plays the same kind of game, this time supported by his partner Mike “Boogie” Malin (They were allied in BB 2, but Will didn’t start his game winning strategy until after Mike was voted out). At one point, Will announces to the whole household that he hates all of them! So, of course, they don’t vote him out. This turned out the be the most entertaining feature of the show, how “Chill Town” (Will and Boogie called themselves) went from underdogs to dominating the game. Ultimately, Mike walked away with the victory, in no small part due to the great success of Chill Town’s strategy.
That being said, I really hope this is the last season for BB (probably not ), because next year it’ll be back to the same old stale contestants.
Survivor Cook Islands:This show’s been getting a lot of bad press the past few weeks, thanks to their “segregation” twist: This year, there are 4 “tribes”, divided by “race”. Of course, these are the American versions of race: “African American”, “Asian American”, “Hispanic”, and “Caucasian”. Being an “ethnic” person myself, I’m generally entertained when “white” folks find themselves being confronted by the fact that people are different, and have different backgrounds. Here’s the “dirty little secret” that no one wanted to talk about before this show: the “Caucasians” are a minority! The last time I did my math, 5 out of 20 (or even 1 out of 4) does not constitute a majority. In fact, this is the first season of Survivor where the white contestants are outnumbered! Interestingly, the “Caucasian” tribe came in 3rd out of the 4 tribes in the first competition. Stunt or no stunt, this new Survivor twist has restarted my interest in the show.
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