April 13, 2004
reality tv jeers and cheers
cheer: camille's out. i haven't watched the past few episodes of american idol, because (1) i'm not in the dorm and can't download the episodes, and (2) our stupid cable company, homechannel, does not provide us with star world. thankfully, abc-5 has included the series in its list of programs, but i'm afraid that the series will be over in the states even before abc-5 shows camille getting the boot.
so why am i not siding with the filipina? our very own? well, for one thing, she does not have the confidence to win. and honestly, i don't find her that appealing. i listened to her mp3's and found them to be really good, especially her rendition of son of a preacherman, but i can't help but juxtapose her voice with her performance. and when i see her sing, i cringe. my face contorts in the same way that hers does. i think she's a nice girl with a real pleasing personality (unlike the other filipina, jasmine, but that's another story for another time -- perhaps when she gets booted?), but she does not seem to enjoy what she's doing. if only just to set her free from her apparent misery, i'm glad to see her go.
survivor: all stars
jeer: lex's out. i feel really sorry for lex getting the boot. not because i like him. in fact, i don't like him. i hated him in africa, and even though this level of hate has waned in the all-stars edition of survivor, i still don't like him. i think he's a scheming fraud to whom anything can be negotiated and everything can be sacrificed.
so why do i feel sorry for him, then? well, i think he was duped. he was duped by someone whose personality i hate even more. boston rob. if lex's a scheming fraud, boston rob's the devil. his eyes, his sneer, even his facial hair all scream DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN. after that "brotherly" negotiation the previous episode where lex and the team sacrificed jerri for amber, it would have been proper for rob to return the favor. or if it wasn't in his grand plan, it would have been proper not to make any promises to lex. but alas, the devil had a plan, all right, and propriety was not in that plan.
grrr... i know this is all part of the game, that everything in this game's a game, but it's still grrr. sometimes i forget, in my excitement and awe at the challenges, why i don't like this show that much. these moments bring back that dislike. survivor forces people to connive, pretend, and stab one another in the back. i may be wrong, but the person who gets to be the ultimate survivor may be the one who gets to pretend the best and connive the most.
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