The thing that was interesting to me is that Jeff didn't have them vote anyways, which would have given them more options about whether to edit the outing out. Given that there was no vote, they had to keep it in, which may have big real life consequences for both Zeke and Varner.
dg > On Apr 14, 2017, at 1:01 PM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > > I watched this episode last night. I was honestly shocked. I knew I wasn't > alone when I saw the other contestants looking shocked WTF too. It only > took Varner about 1-2 minutes to understand how bad it was.... the thing he > had done. They didn't even vote, they all knew he was done. > > I thought for a bit that Varner would pull a Spicer and continue his point. > But he quickly became ashamed of himself. > > > >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 1:16 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ultimately, I don't know why anybody on Survivor matters more than anybody >> else, and there is still a falseness to this show that bugs me. But without >> knowing about the events leading up to it, outing somebody on national TV is >> a piss-poor tactic. The disturbing "reality" is that CBS would still have >> aired it had the tactic worked. >> >> At some point we need to start looking at the psychology of what possesses >> people to participate in these shows, as well as the harm/backlash for both >> participants and viewers. There used to be senate hearings on music lyrics >> and videogame violence, but nobody seems to question our "right" to be >> embarrassed, insulted, attacked, and injured... for ratings. >> >> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/survivor-zeke-smith-outed-as-transgender-guest-column-991514 >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
