tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post115828322357453168..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Survivor: Race Wars, initial impressionsAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158523492449152942006-09-17T16:04:00.000-04:002006-09-17T16:04:00.000-04:00So about not having Chinese or Japanese about, why...So about not having Chinese or Japanese about, why are the South Indians being ignored? Instead of having 2 Koreans to up the hot factor, what about not being superficial about the label Asian?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158404476566437512006-09-16T07:01:00.000-04:002006-09-16T07:01:00.000-04:00First episode showed that blacks were inferior at ...First episode showed that blacks were inferior at teamwork, puzzle solving, and that their women are dumb.<BR/><BR/>You see how the brotha reacted when the only other man on the team got voted out?<BR/><BR/>Even he knows that was a terrrrible example of black on black crime.<BR/><BR/>Heres hoping the Asians take it, but whats up with none of them being chinese or japanese?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158373112202722772006-09-15T22:18:00.000-04:002006-09-15T22:18:00.000-04:00Actually, didn't the gay guy not mind the facial b...Actually, didn't the gay guy not mind the facial blemish? He seemed happy that his headache was gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158334965611270082006-09-15T11:42:00.000-04:002006-09-15T11:42:00.000-04:00I didn't find it offensive at all; in fact, I thou...I didn't find it offensive at all; in fact, I thought it was pretty entertaining. My fave part is seeing how many dumbass white people Burnett picked. "Yay, whitey!" or whatever my friend Flicka shouted, indeed.<BR/><BR/>It looks like a stereotype gets shattered next week, though, judging from the previews. Doesn't Billy know that it's the Mexicans who are the lazy Latinos, not the Dominicans? :-D<BR/><BR/>(So sez the world's laziest half-Mexican, half-Italian American on earth--which, cool, I get to make fun of two tribes with impugnity, yeeeha!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158331409362305102006-09-15T10:43:00.000-04:002006-09-15T10:43:00.000-04:00What I find most offensive is the fact that the me...What I find most offensive is the fact that the men are all body-waxed.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320979906551787343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158327070264489022006-09-15T09:31:00.000-04:002006-09-15T09:31:00.000-04:00And I didn't find it offensive, either -- just laz...And I didn't find it offensive, either -- just lazy. For all of Burnett and Probst's talk of how this season would shatter stereotypes, all the premiere seemed to do was trot them out. It felt like an extended version of <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=K9xnxuFlur8" REL="nofollow">"The Jew, The Italian and The Red-Head Gay"</A> from The State.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158326327969539772006-09-15T09:18:00.000-04:002006-09-15T09:18:00.000-04:00Oh, I wasn't actually offended, but I was definite...Oh, I wasn't actually offended, but I was definitely a little uncomfortable and not that entertained.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158324275640711982006-09-15T08:44:00.000-04:002006-09-15T08:44:00.000-04:00Booooooring! Plus, I didn't like anyone except, p...<I>Booooooring!</I> Plus, I didn't like anyone except, possibly, the chicken-stealing guy (who, by the way, didn't really steal the chicken if it was running around loose).Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320979906551787343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158298437526217512006-09-15T01:33:00.000-04:002006-09-15T01:33:00.000-04:00Bah. I thought it was entirely inoffensive. Sure, ...Bah. I thought it was entirely inoffensive. Sure, I could go out of my way to be offended, but honestly, I was just more bored by the predictability of the entire thing. Getting worked up about it just feels like a gigantic waste of time. <BR/><BR/>And I say that as somebody who *loves* getting worked up about stuff...<BR/><BR/>DanDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110645467194876282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158290094625861512006-09-14T23:14:00.000-04:002006-09-14T23:14:00.000-04:00Asians know mystical healing remedies! Black peop...Asians know mystical healing remedies! Black people are spiritual, and love quoting Dr. King!Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1158287086204003702006-09-14T22:24:00.000-04:002006-09-14T22:24:00.000-04:00I almost fell off the couch chuckling from the sta...I almost fell off the couch chuckling from the start of the water challenge. I love MB, but he's not going out of his way to foster positive race relations with his editing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com