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: : In defense of the Big Brother program... : : Personally, I don't find it any better or worse than the Survivor show. I found the Survivor show to be incredibly annoying at times, and felt it was far too over-produced with the music, and the editing, and so forth. I found it way too much like the MTV-versions of so-called "reality" programming, with the people on the show often shown talking to the camera as if it was... I don't know.. what's the deal there? : --A mini-interview? I like those sometimes. You get to see what they are thinking. Survivor's editing seemed ok to me, but yes, some of the stuff was over-the-top and cheesy ("conch shell of truth", anyone?) : : Which is why I balk at calling it a "reality show." Big Brother I think is much more pure in the sense of trying to convey reality. This is, of course, why it has not been as popular.. REAL LIFE IS BORING AS HELL. Most of the time, reality does NOT provide for entertaining television. That's why they put those guys out on and island and made then eat bugs and rats. Because it's NOT real. It's almost cartoonish, the stuff they did.. : --I wouldn't call Survivor a reality show OR a game show... it's an amalgam of both. BB is perhaps more reality-based, but of course when you sequester a bunch of people in an ugly house with no phone, tv, or outside contact, boredom is sure to follow. : : Which is why I, unlike most other people, can tolerate and at times even enjoy Big Brother. I am a huge fan of observing other people and their behaviors. I don't mind that. Most of the viewing public can't tolerate a bunch of people just lounging around talking, but that's just me. : --Hehe. I admit I enjoy it at times, too.. I just think conflict is more interesting to watch. These are real people doing what they have to do, but a little drama wouldn't hurt 'em. : : As far as the voting out of the exciting people is concerned... Recognize that the people who think the show is boring are not going to pay 95 cents to vote out a boring person. You have to hate someone in order to make the call, and people who are outspoken or recognizable are more likely to be noticed, and therefore, rub people the wrong way. Also, I think the viewership of the show, at least those who watch it and care a lot about it, are a sect of the population who wanted the group to all get along, without conflict. This is a sect of viewers who watched the first two "troublemakers" and voted them out. They saw the group become closer-knit after that and enjoyed it. I think the voters in general just watched the show and wanted to watch a big happy family. And that is what they got, at the expense of excitement and "interesting" television suited for someone who wanted another "Survivor" but didn't get it. : --Someone speculated that if the calling procedure were switched around, the boring people would be voted out first. Because when you focus on the positive (voting for one person to stay in, not be banished), then the fans would come out for that person. I thought Curtis would win, but since they are changing the voting for Friday (voting for who should be first, second, and third), I think he and Josh, the ones most laying low, will be second and third. Eddie seems to have the support behind him to win. : : : : Jamie: Beauty queen and ex-valedictorian. aka JamieFayeBaker. Never seen without lipgloss or a plastic smile on her face. She has no personality except the fake ones she uses to get the other dim houseguests to like her. Deceptive, very success-oriented 3. : : : I always thought he was a cool guy. Nothing to really hate about him.. Good job with the word "affable" to describe him. And probably a 9. : --Curtis bugged me at times with his 9 non-responsiveness, but he handles things well... really mature and easygoing. : : : Eddie: tough one-legged New Yorker. He's the only person being real, honest, and strategic. Immature and vulgar at times, testing, and puts up an 'I am strong' demeanor. 8. : : True, true. I do beleive that he could be a 6, though. : --I thought that, too... 8 and 6 are hard to tell apart! : : : : : Josh: bland engineering student. He tried to play Brittany and Jordan at the same time with no results except looking like a fool. He has a nervous, halting voice, and kind of softness. Not sure about Sloshie, he seems like a regular dumb jock to me but tries to cultivate an image of being a high IQed shy loner. Maybe phobic Six. : : Defnitely a strange one. Strange in that he is very stereotypical of a preppy college guy. Either really smart or really average. I personally think he more than anyone else is putting up a front of being more friendly and huggy than he really is, to not get left out of the group which developed that sort of "togetherness" 6, 9? : --Huh, true... 9 is possible... : : : The rest have already been banished: : : : George: Fred Flintstone-like family man. A very weird dude... high voice, always making costumes and putting on skits, delusional thinking and cult-like figure when he tried to organize a walk-out among the houseguests. He gets hysterical and emotional at times, and other times pretended nothing was wrong. Reminds me of 7 running away from pain. : : A weird guy, indeed. I thought he's closer to a 6.. kind of paranoid about stuff... : --Hmm, you could be right... : : : Jordan: the stripper/athlete with a brain. She freely admitted being manipulative, playing with Josh's attention just to get at Brittany. She came off as pretentious a lot. Prolly the only inuitive in the house, along with maybe Mega and Josh. I don't know... most likely another Three. : : I might venture to say 3w4 or 4w3. : --Probably 3w4. I can't see a 4 playing all those games and she seemed more like a Thinker than a Feeler. : : : Will Mega: the former New Black Panther guy and first one banished. Uh, I missed all the episodes he was in. : : I did too. From what I understand, was very domineering and liked to mess with everyone else in the house. my best guess is a 6 or an 8. : --Do you read salon.com's recaps? They are wonderfully scathing. http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/bb/

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