Survivor China: Ashley Gets KO'd
Commentary by Peter Sacco
September 28, 2007
Well, last week I said Ashley would be leaving China in the near future. It looks like her future came faster and harder than a pile driver. And Dave would be the one who administered the knock out blow-and just when it looked like Ashley was getting the team together on her side and about to make him cry "uncle".
Have you noticed the little battles going on-and so relentless! Dave and Ashley were just going at one another's throats. That tribe looks more like a boot camp than it does a survival camp. The members of that tribe other than Dave, Peih-gee and Frosti could care less about "surviving". The idea of the show is to prove you can survive when up against the elements, which also entails working together as a team. When you have members who "want to have fun", why the heck are you on the island out in the middle of nature trying to win a million dollars if eating is your number one motivation? If they would have won the challenge, do you think Ashley and her sisters would have actually gone fishing to feed the tribe? Every time I saw Ashley, she was lying down and relaxing. Guess she has loads of time now to relax, or wrestle.
As far as the other tribe goes-Wow! Aaron and Jean-Robert really have it in for one another. I like the way Jean-Robert asserts it is all as part of his strategy to make himself appear like the good guy down the road. How in the world do you come off looking like the good guy when you keep making a jackass of yourself? Is there anyone who even likes the guy? Like I said last week, the resemblance he bears to Vince Vaughn in Old School and Wedding Crashers is eerie. Whatever was going on between Todd and Jean-Robert appears to have gone south. And speaking of Todd.
It would appear that young Todd the flight attendant has formed a new bond with Amanda and Aaron. I thoroughly enjoyed how Todd worked Amanda into forming an alliance with him so they could reel Aaron in and make him think he is the leader. Out of all the members in this competition, I find our boy Todd the most underhanded. They haven't even been on the island long enough to let things warm up and already he hovering like a vulture!
The competition with the balls in the mud was priceless. It definitely looked like co-ed professional wresting meets a night at the Million Dollar Ranch. I was wondering how many participants of the female variety were actually able to keep their clothes in tact? Furthermore, how many male participants were actually trying to rip them off on purpose? I thought at one point, some of the males were actually thinking "screw the game" both literally and figuratively! Okay, just some dry humor. What about Ashley? I thought she was the pro wrestler? Jean-Robert handed her quite the spanking. He was throwing her around like the late great John Candy was throwing the girls around in the mud pit in the very funny movie Stripes. Watching this competition made me laugh!
I was really surprised and even disturbed that Leslie would go and tell Todd about the clue. It's kind of funny how fate has its way. Jamie, who is not even a part of their tribe gets the clue for the immunity idol. She then gets kidnapped by the other tribe after losing a competition. She tells Leslie because she likes and trusts her. This much I get! However, Leslie taking that knowledge and passing it onto Todd? That is crazy! Leslie seems like a level-headed, really good person. I thought she would be a better judge of character. And here she sells trade secrets to the biggest hypocrite. I think her very kind spiritual values might have unfortunately led her into believing and trusting the islands' Judas!
It would appear most members have formed some kind of alliance. There is no doubt chemistry has definitely started to be created. It would appear two men sit on the bubble for each tribe. Jean-Robert is his tribe's sacrificial lamb, while Dave, even though the leader, has a lot to prove to his tribe or he could get sent packing. He was instrumental in getting Ashley tossed from the group. If he doesn't watch it, he will be joining her soon. For his sake, let's hope her parting words to him weren't too prophetic!
Peter Andrew Sacco is an established author. His self-help books Why Women Want What They Can't Have and What's Your Anger Type? have become very popular sellers in the USA and Canada.
His new book Fast Food Dating Your 2 Cents is out in bookstores now and can be purchased from amazon.com by clicking on the box to the left.
Sacco is a former television talk show host and current Editor-in-Chief of Vices Magazine. He is also an established professor and international lecturer.
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