Maybe that s why it s boring. This is the jungle model of human life. It s not the Christian model, in which everyone wins. As Survivor ends each week, there is only Jeff Probst, snuffing out your torch. The show s real negative is the gimmick of voting people out, the democratic principle in reverse.
Exclusion is a national pastime.
All the fun of eating bugs and rats aside, the winner will be the most competent while being the least obnoxious. It s the senior-class election all over again, except with sand and bamboo. O.K., but not a deep mental or moral exercise. The list was designed more to rekindle buzz and interest in the classics than to be definitive. Please visit our e-mail directory .