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Survivor: Segregation Island

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Tired of all this melting pot business? Do you ever want to go back to a more clear-cut time, when a guy like Archie Bunker could enjoy his kind of reality shows? Then you're in luck! Because Survivor: Cook Islands has decided to divide contestants by RACE. That's right, there's the African-American TRIBE, the Asian-American TRIBE, the Hispanic TRIBE and the white TRIBE.

So take that, liberal America...CBS wins again!



Don't miss host Jeff Probst announcing, "This idea for this actually came from the criticism that Survivor was not ethnically diverse enough....We said let's turn this criticism into creative for the show."

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Vestril

Vestril

Coronado, CA
February 2003

AUG 23, 2006 01:31 PM

Akward.

ObservingOne

ObservingOne

Monroe, LA
April 2006

AUG 23, 2006 03:59 PM

This is gonna cause problems.

But it's going to be interesting to watch.

yurei

yurei

USA
June 2006

AUG 23, 2006 04:59 PM

hmmm, what is this going to do for race relations? haha. Tthis idea invokes the same feeling i got when i heard about Fox's "Gluttony Bowl," mild curiosity mixed with overwhelming disgust...

Dead_Ringer

Dead_Ringer

I'm lost
September 2004

AUG 23, 2006 05:07 PM

This I might actually watch, if only to make myself feel uncomfortable.

IDGAS

IDGAS

Portland, ME
March 2004

AUG 23, 2006 05:20 PM

PeoplePaula said:
Tired of all this melting pot business? Do you ever want to go back to a more clear-cut time, when a guy like Archie Bunker could enjoy his kind of reality shows? Then you're in luck! Because Survivor: Cook Islands has decided to divide contestants by RACE. That's right, there's the African-American TRIBE, the Asian-American TRIBE, the Hispanic TRIBE and the white TRIBE.



Was this not the whole plot for "Oz"?

PaulNikon

PaulNikon

Palm Bay, FL
February 2003

AUG 23, 2006 05:25 PM

What is that noise?








Dr. Martin Luther King rolling over in his grave.

Vestril

Vestril

Coronado, CA
February 2003

AUG 23, 2006 05:43 PM

I wonder how much editing they will have to do to the show from degenerating into racist madness. I mean the environment seems like it's being designed for racial epithets. Still, if their goal was to generate new interest in the show with a contraversial choice...I bet it will work.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

AUG 23, 2006 05:51 PM

PeoplePaula said:
We said let's turn this criticism into creative for the show.



Turning it into creative? Is that like getting your sexy back?

Necia

Necia

San Francisco, CA
August 2005

AUG 23, 2006 06:04 PM

Huh.

Good thing I already hated Survivor.

Cuz goddamn, do I hate that show.

Margot

Margot

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

AUG 23, 2006 07:34 PM

what a terrible idea
one more reason why i despise tv, how fucking desperate can you be for ratings

Eternalxile

Eternalxile

Irving, TX
March 2003

AUG 23, 2006 07:56 PM

I just saw a commercial for it and the sterotypes are already being piled on. The only thing that really stood out was a black woman saying "I gotta represent"

jeffvader

jeffvader

San Diego, CA
November 2004

AUG 23, 2006 08:42 PM

i will find the brakes to this planet, stop the motherfucker, and jump off....has everyone at cbs lost their fucking mind? i think i'm going to block cbs on my cable box.

ASSH0LE

ASSH0LE

Las Vegas, NV
June 2003

AUG 23, 2006 11:25 PM

Vestril said:
I wonder how much editing they will have to do to the show from degenerating into racist madness. I mean the environment seems like it's being designed for racial epithets. Still, if their goal was to generate new interest in the show with a contraversial choice...I bet it will work.



Don't be shocked if they edit it to HIGHLIGHT racist madness.

rowsofhouses

rowsofhouses

I'm lost
July 2005

AUG 24, 2006 07:05 PM


How far up your own ass do you need to be to think that this is a good idea?

I weep for the future.

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