When Russell Hantz first appeared on my Survivor screen, I thought him to be an arrogant, Texas blowhard, suffering from little man syndrome who would quickly get his comeuppance with a fast boot off the show.I was wrong. I'm thinking that now, with the airing of Episode 8 of the 19th season of Survivor that Russell Hantz has cemented himself a spot in the Top Ten all time best on Survivor. Even if he gets kicked out next week.
Russell has altered the Survivor game. Few have managed that. From this point forward if Survivor continues with the Hidden Immunity Idol thing, everyone is going to be looking for it, clue or not.
It was surprise enough that Russell found the first Hidden Immunity Idol without a clue, but then to do it a second time and then use it to blindside the former Galu, whittling the Galu numbers down by one more. If this were scripted TV the plot would not be believable.
And now in the previews we see the Galu members chasing Russell around, afraid he'll find a third idol. I may have the numbers wrong, but I think it is now 6 Galu to 4 Foa Foa. But, Shambo has pretty much said she is with Foa Foa. That makes it even.
I'm thinking Russell is going to engineer some little coup and keep himself on the island. Or he will win Immunity. That would be entertaining.
4 comments:
This season is just too good to be true, wondering if there hasn't been a bit of script writing?
CT2----I'm not sure, but I think there are FCC regulations regarding game shows that would prohibit faking stuff, due to the game show scandals of the 50s. But, I agree, it all seems way too good to be true. And very amusing.
Actually this format would not meet the game show guidelines. This is a new genre--reality competition. The main thing to consider is that there's no objective questions and "gaming" per se b/c the decisions as to who wins is based mostly on the politics and votes of other "players". Have you all heard anything more about the revelation/allegation that the Dallas-based show "Cheaters" is actually staged with paid actors and everything, including the episode when the self-righteous host Joey Greco got stabbed and barely survived the trip to the ER? Now that's CHEATING. Everything is bigger in Texas, after all.--Russell K.
A mash-up of russell's greatest moments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km_M5--upQQ
enjoy ;)
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