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Thursday, August 24, 2006

Survivor: Racial Darwinism Edition

The nonsense news today churned up a story that purportedly has the next season of Survivor having racially determined tribes. The notion of a Hispanic, Asian, Black, and White tribes makes me uncomfortable in that special way any good inappropriate joke does. But hey, Good on Probst for pushing the envelope of what's kosher on TV.

My mind is swirling with questions. Will particularly racist/militant contestants be selected? Will the tribe colors be black, white, yellow and brown? What will the tribe names be chink, cracker, niger, and spic? While one group be asked to do a demolition derby, while another group trys to carjack them, while another tries to catch a nap in the back seat, while the final group attempts to oppress the whole thing? Sounds like a recipe for ugliness. But we can all rest easy knowing that reality show producers will be very tasteful, fair, and diplomatic with how they handle this topic.

As far as production goes; why bother with an exotic island? Why not just follow four LA street gangs? Or even better, just toss a carton of cigarettes into a prison exercise yard.

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# posted by Max : 8/24/2006 01:48:00 PM 0 comments

Sunday, June 18, 2006

The Daily Show

An excellent show. The local paper, The Montana Standard, reports The Daily Show is doing a segment on Butte and the Berkeley Pit. They interviewed Sesso and the Stierles. I know both Andrea and John to be intelligent thoughtful individuals so it will be amusing to see how different the final impression is. If I was to bet a dollar, I'd have my money on the crude joke of the Berkeley Pit being a nappy, polluted, microbe infested hole. Funny but not good Butte PR.

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# posted by Max : 6/18/2006 01:04:00 PM 0 comments

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