Birth of a Survivor Nation
On the CBS Early Show, it was announced that this coming season of Survivor will initially be divided into four teams: Team African American, Team Asian American, Team Hispanic, and Team White.
They think this is a good idea?
I’m having a difficult time not examining the various advantages and disadvantages of being on the different teams. I assure you that Team Hispanic will have the best groomed, landscaped camp, and that any math and photography challenges will be swept by Team Asian American. Team African American will obviously be at a disadvantage for all the swimming challenges, and Burnett & Co. need to be very careful with the food rewards to this team. Team white will be unwilling to participate in any challenges they deem beneath them, particularly if it involves any sort of hard work.
Seriously though, this is a horrible idea for so many reasons. Sure, it’s going to generate all sorts of buzz in advance (you know the Blogosphere is going to have a field day with this), but they’ll have to merge the tribes faster than Richard Hatch in the prison shower. But what happens when one of the teams comes down to the final five? How does that have any positive spin?
In other Reality TV news, a promo is running for The Amazing Race in which Bilal and Sa’eed are promoting their Islamic roots and how “they’re just Americans, just like everyone else”. Will they be given a head start because of the airport disadvantage they’ll face?