Not a post on this season's Survivor? But a really interesting dynamic is going on -- reverse Darwinism! The older, fatter guys are kicking off all the studs because they don't want to compete against them later. Survival of the unfittest!
If I were producing the show, I'd eliminate the merge this time, or have it late, only after you'd gotten the full effect of the facial expressions on the remnant, least fit guys when they figure out that they can't win competitions against the women when, so that the team-numbers match, the women sit out their weakest players and the least fit men have to compete against the most fit women.
It would have the disadvantage of eliminating the sexual tension element that develops after a merge, but if all the unmarried studs get voted out, that isn't going to be an important element anyway.
And the unexpected dynamic of it turning into an all-female competition, which would feature catfights in bikinis, and would create media buzz, would compensate.
Yep, I'm fiddling while Rome burns. |
