Survivor Cook Islands
 

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Was just about to post this... I don't watch Survivor, but I think it's kinda weird that they're doing this. They will have four tribes (African American, Asian American, Hispanic, and White).

Jeff Probsst said:
"I think at first glance, when you just hear the idea, it could sound like a stunt. Especially with the way reality has gone, it wouldn't be unusual. But that's not what we're doing here. The idea for this actually came from the criticism that 'Survivor' was not ethnically diverse enough. Because, for whatever reason, we've always had a low number of minority applicants apply to the show. So we set out and said, 'Let's turn this criticism into creative for the show. I think it fits in perfectly with what 'Survivor' does — it is a social experiment. And this is adding another layer to that experiment, which is taking the show to a completely different level."

While the idea may have come from criticism, that doesn't mean 'Survivor' isn't pulling a stunt. But, I understand why they won't call a spade a spade.

This sounds like it has potential for nothing but disaster.

The division of the tribes will be quite interesting to see how that plays out.

But why are 13 of the 20 from California?

That would be a novel concept for Mark Burnett.:rolleyes: ;)

Many entertainers hang around California. I think there's always a good number of entertainers on survivor, because they are "daycrawlers" and bartend/wait to pay the bills. Restaurants usually have flexible schedules. A restaurant usually have less problems with workers disappearing over a month than office jobs.

Hmmmm. Haven't decided if I'll watch this season or not. We shall see.

i feel like this will go the same way as "black.white" people will tune in for the episode and taper off from there.

just seems like the lastest way for races to one-up each other.
and true, lots of these people are from CA/NY. next thing you know, its an east coast/west coast thing.

isn't it because california is the only place where all of these races reside in abundance?

Could be.

But nevertheless....

GOOOOOO BLACK PEOPLE!

Smart marketing move. I've never watched the show but this has actually made me curious just to watch and see what happens.

GM has pulled their ads from survivor

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060831/...tv/gm_survivor

How are they going to measure this experiment? I think this so-called social experiement will show that racism is alive and well in America.

I don't see what the big deal is. Survivor has separated the genders and nobody yelled sexism. It's just smart marketing to generate more buzz.

My prediction: the merge is going to end up in a multi-race tribe anyway.

But according to the article:

"said the decision had nothing to do with the show's recent announcement that it was arranging its teams based on contestants' race and ethnicity." Hmmm...

Here we gooooo! :D

LMAO

1. The old Asian guy said that he didn't fit the Asian stereotype. As soon as he said that it said "Nail Salon Manager" on the bottom of the screen.

2. The wild chicken chase.

3. The fat hispanic guy said something along the lines of we came from the islands and now we're going back to the islands.

Who else watched last night?

I'm not usually a Survivor fan, but I was curious so I tuned in. I'll probably check it out again next week.

I laughed my butt off when he said that. Next season they should pit the 4 tribes against one another by major religions in the US: Christians vs Jews vs Muslims vs Athiests

That would be hilarious to watch them debate about God being on "our" side.

Just thinking about all the hooking-up that would happen on that show makes me cringe. During last night's epi I was like, "They've only been there for two days and they're already shacking up!"

Warning: cheeky comment ahead (|)

While the Christians, Muslims and Jewish are occupied with arguing about whose side God is on, the Athiests would just sneak in and take the whole thing, since they won't be pre-occupied in arguing about whose side God is on, thus leaving more time to plan their Survivor strategy...

No surprise that someone's already hooking up. :rolleyes:

I love the fact that they're in the Cook Islands. We often refer to the people of Cook Islands and Aotearoa (NZ) as our Maori cousins. Their language and customs are very similar to ours.

And FYI: the tribe names are taken from 4 of the islands: Pukapuka, Rarotonga, Manihiki, and Aitutaki.

Interesting so far...!

Don't forget about DC and Florida - those are major melting pots...

don't know why I laughed at this...but it was definitetly an interesting point...

http://tintafresca.blogs.sapo.pt/arq...ior%20haka.jpg

When I was a senior in college, I hosted a girl from the University of Otogo. She and 30 other Maori students were on exchange for 6 weeks at UHM. When we sent them off at the airport, these students did a haka for us to show their appreciation. Most of us were in tears and had goosebumps because it was *THAT* moving. Needless to say, I could tell it freaked out a bunch of tourists not familiar with the haka.

Our Warrior football team performs a haka before and after each game. :)

While Hawai`i' has a large Asian population, the strong military presence here also provides for a major, major melting pot.

I wrote an article about the new season's controversy for my school paper, but after watching it I don't think there's much of a controversy for the contestants. And quite frankly, I think this season is going to be very good and I think the producers did well to set it up the way they did.

put down the peyote, LOL

They need to do "Survivor: Homeless" and see how the tribes get along in the inner city!

ha ha...well, I don't know if the nail salon issue is an Asian stereotype, so much as a VIETNAMESE thing (which Cao Boi is). The nail salons here are, for the most part, Asian-owned and staffed and when you inquire further, yup, they are Vietnamese.

Brad with the headache (Asian Team) is definitely a Friend of Dorothy. My gaydar knows these things.

And why is there no team for "brown people" (i.e. people of India / Pakistan / that general part of the world descent). Helloooo???? My co-worker, Kiran was asking that at work today and she is right!

I don't watch Survivor either, but I was curious to see how the castaways would react to the splitting of the races. Either they didn't seem to really mind or CBS did some good editing. I will watch next week to find out what happens.

He has said in pre-show interviews that his experience keeping this fact about himself secret will help him keep other secrets on the island.

I wonder if he really kept it as secret as he thinks he did.

If he thinks he is good at "keeping secrets", then he rather misguided. Hello, he works in fashion in LA. Between that and his not very hetero-sounding voice, WHERE is the secret-keeping? HA HA HA HA.

Well they sure didn't stay separated for long.

I know! I didn't think they'd merge so quickly. They should have waited until 4 people were voted out.

I was glad to see Candice voted out last week. This week, it was Jonathan. (Has anybody else noticed his voice sounds a lot like Alan Alda's?) But, was that the best strategy?

It probably would have been wiser to vote out Adam, since he is so strong-- and he's very well liked. Jonathon, on the other hand, would never get the vote to win the million.

My pick for the big cash? Yul. He's been playing an extremely brilliant game.

I would like to see Yul and Ozzy in the finals...
Yul is the better strategist, and Ozzy is the fiercest competitor

Ditto. If it's those two in the finals, I'm very curious to see how the jury will vote. At this point in the game, they're both very likeable and I can see the vote evenly split.

If you're Adam or Parvati, yes. If you're Yul, no.

I've been thinking so, too. But this week made me wonder.