{"id":6915,"date":"2012-03-12T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T10:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=6915"},"modified":"2012-03-12T20:44:08","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T10:44:08","slug":"tv-show-round-up-survivor-one-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=6915","title":{"rendered":"TV Show Round Up: Survivor: One World Episode 3 – “Bum-puzzled”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You would presume that after twenty six seasons and over four hundred episodes of Survivor<\/em>, everything that could<\/em> happen, has happened.\u00a0 We’ve seen people voluntarily give up individual immunity (Erik the Ice Cream Scooper), get voted out when holding two immunity idols (James), fake the death of a relative so they could go on a reward trip (Johnny Fairplay).\u00a0 You name it, its probably happened on this show.<\/p>\n

The animated gif above shows the look of bewilderment on the face of Jeff Probst when the all-male team Manono turned up to tribal council, despite having won the immunity challenge<\/strong>.\u00a0 It all started a week earlier when outspoken gay Republican Colton singled out Bill in his tribe as a threat and someone he couldn’t stand.\u00a0 It seemed an odd choice as Bill’s edit made him out to be an easy going relaxed guy who aspired to be a full time comedian.\u00a0 Colton’s reasoning was that Bill was poor and as a Republican, he was ‘against handouts.’\u00a0 This despite Colton being born to rich parents and having never worked a day in his life.<\/p>\n

After Manono won the challenge, Colton decided that Bill was such a threat that it couldn’t wait until his tribe lost their next challenge, that instead, they should volunteer to go to tribal and get rid of Bill.\u00a0 There was a mixed message amongst the team as Tarzan was equally vocal about voting out Leif who ‘betrayed’ the Outcast Alliance by telling Bill he was on the chopping block.\u00a0 Inexplicably, the entire tribe, including Bill and Lief, consented to going to tribal.<\/p>\n

During the council, Jeff couldn’t help but ask if Colton’s vote against Bill was motivated by race.\u00a0 The last two episodes had caught Colton referring to Bill as ‘ghetto trash.’\u00a0 Colton denied the claim and like a stereotypical racist-in-denial, professed to have ‘many black friends.’\u00a0 When pressed on the matter, he sheepishly admittedly the only black person he knew was his housekeeper.\u00a0 Despite this extraordinary exchange, the tribe stood by Colton and voted out Bill.<\/p>\n

What the hell just happened?<\/em>\u00a0 It is a moment that will surely go down as the dumbest move in Survivor<\/em> history.\u00a0 What the hell was the rest of the tribe thinking?\u00a0 Why are they being lead along by a lazy, self entitled racist prick like mindless sheep after just nine days in the show?\u00a0 It’s impossible to say but bizarre social dynamics and behaviour are a large part of what makes this show so darned interesting.\u00a0 It’s willingness to take a chance and cast such a diverse and colourful range of contestants such as Yau-man (brilliant elderly Asian man), Russel Hantz (evil oil baron), Coach (ninja girl’s soccer coach) and James (gravedigger) is what has kept me a fan all these years and keeps me coming back.<\/p>\n

There’s no way in hell I want Colton to win the show.\u00a0 In fact, my support has gone from Tarzan to…pretty much any of the girls.\u00a0 But I will have great fun watching Colton for the rest of the season.\u00a0 I’ll be tuning in to see if he gets his come-uppance.<\/p>\n

I hope he does.\u00a0 What a piece of shit that guy is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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