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"Mom, My Gym Teacher Got Naked On TV For Peanut Butter!!"
Posted by Grimme on 2003-03-27 |
CBS really bamboozled us with last week’s previews, making it look like Heidi and Jenna were stripping to distract the men and make them lose out on immunity. Whoodathunkit was really just for peanut butter, chocolate and coke and only last a good 30 seconds?
These two girls really sold themselves cheap even having to share this puny “reward” together. I think I would have held out for, at the least, a t-bone steak, baked potato, garlic bread and a Caesar’s Salad just for one---me---in return for their nudity that CBS would exploit to the hilt. I’d like to have seen JoAnna’s reaction to Heidi’s and Jenna’s baring all…
But CBS was even cheaper than Heidi and Jenna---when Jeff Probst offered Christy and Deena a plate of spaghetti and meatballs, Christy asked well what about garlic bread too? No garlic bread would be available. Is anyone else impressed by Christy’s obvious long-distance lip reading skills as she showed during this contest?
This lesser-than-expected nudity impact, after all CBS’s hype, meant that we had to look elsewhere for major plot developments like Coors Lite replacing Coca-Cola as this episode’s most visible sponsor.
However, the biggest plot happening was that Jaburu and Tambaqui merged into the new Jacare ( “Alligator” in Brazil’s Portuguese language ) tribe with a new location and thus a need for a new shelter, giving full scope to Roger’s bossiness and abysmal views on what a woman’s place is. Boy, I’d like to have seen a mud-wrestling match between Roger and JoAnna. Bet they have a real good time together at the Losers’ Lodge, don’t you think?
As Deena aptly put the situation, it’s no longer a battle of the sexes but a battle of the weaker versus the stronger. The new Jaburu were able to win the two Tambaqui girls(Heidi and Christy) back to their side very easily while the Jaburu men(Alex, Rob and Matthew) apparently lulled the Tambaqui men(Roger, Dave and Butch) into a false sense of security which proved fatal for Roger at Tribal Council.
But Roger puts the bull’s-eye on his own back since the alliance’s first target was intended to be Dave. Roger managed to annihilate everyone with his dictatorial demeanor, his obliviousness to anyone else’s opinion, especially if they were women, and his obnoxiousness perfectly illustrated in one instance where he was noisily pounding away early in the morning while his tribe members were trying to sleep. He had gone to sleep rather than bond with anyone else the night before. I’m just surprised it was only 7 to 3, rather than 9-1 for getting rid of him.
Jenna and Heidi gave Deena the compelling argument for getting rid of Roger now. Otherwise Roger would be on the jury and, with his male chauvinist attitudes, he would never vote for a woman to be the final winner.
Roger’s two allies are now in trouble: Butch and Dave and their stunned looks at Tribal Council showed how badly both men had calculated. Christy and Heidi obviously felt that they had no future with these three men and cunningly secured their future, though next week previews show Heidi and Dave apparently getting to know each other better.
Rob seems to be a snake, talking badly about almost everyone but his comments are tinged with an objective and realistic evaluation of the situation. His Kasey Kasem record dedication for Roger’s eviction at Tribal Council was hilariously dead-on. His goal of a “three-way” with Deena and Jenna is attainable, at least in the context of the game, ha ha.
Alex seems to have recovered from his loss of Shawna and he is playing the game again. Deena seems in danger of becoming too arrogant in her power position but hopefully she keeps this under control and doesn’t miscalculate.
Dave’s head would seem to be the next one on the chopping block but Rob rightly fears Dave’s all-American charm. If Dave can win Heidi over (as the previews seem to indicate) and perhaps, through her, Jenna(who I thought he had a crush on) into his alliance with Butch, that would be a firm 4 to a shaky 5 (Alex, Matt and Rob have to be the most uneasy of allies, which is a headache for Deena to keep a handle on). The previews also show Matt as making his tribe uneasy with his focus on sharpening his machete.
“Na, na, na, na, hey, hey, goodbye” til next time……
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