Survivors Meets Big Brother on a Pirate Ship
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
It’s amazing to me what drivel appears on TV anymore.
Tonight I find my husband watching some show where “supposedly” grown adults are playing pirates in a survivor-meets-big-brother type of reality show (it’s even running in Survivors’ time slot). Hunting and splitting booty.
And of course someone will get voted off the boat — that’s the way these shows work — to keep the scheming and back stabbing at high drama levels. Dumped at high sea I hope. What the hell? Where do they come up with this crap?
According to the web site this show is about:
“Join 16 modern-day pirates as they embark on a high seas adventure around the Caribbean island of Dominica in search of hidden treasure that will total $1 million. Over the course of 33 days, the pirates will live aboard a massive 179-foot pirate ship.
Each week, these buccaneers will go on extraordinary expeditions and decipher clues along the way. Gold coins – real money that the pirates can take with them beyond the show – will be awarded after each treasure hunt, but only to some.”
Reality my ass!