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Related: About this forumInteresting explanations from Jeff Probst about latest Survivor...
I was wondering about these same things so I found his responses interesting. I never it found it fun or interesting to watch the contestants starve. It is interesting to see how they handle the fatigue and stuff like heavy rains. Part of Survivor is the mental breakdown it causes. But I don't think it's right to give them nothing but water...
excerpted from Entertainment Weekly
PROBST: I do think Garrett underestimated how physically difficult this game would be. You can tell by his body that he takes extremely good care of himself and his sculpted body in part comes from eating an extremely balanced and well timed diet consisting mostly of proteins. So four days of existing on only handfuls of rice is very tough on his system. This isnt an excuse, its just the truth. Someone whose diet is a bit more average doesnt have the same reaction. I also think Garrett realized that hes an indoor guy again, nothing wrong with that. Just dont sign up for Survivor next time. I think Garrett got what he wanted from the experience. I dont think he quit, I think he was still playing, he just made a mistake in holding an open Tribal Council and it backfired. Same with David. He made a big move and it didnt play out. He tried to take out the guy he thought was the big gun and it came back to haunt him. But I loved that he made such a big move so early on. It showed that he came to win. We hated to see him go so soon. He was someone we absolutely loved having on the show and really hoped he would last a long time.
EW: When you have a situation like this with JTia ruining 98% of the tribes rice supply, what do you as producers do? Do you give them a new supply? Because you cant let them actually starve to death out there, can you?
PROBST: The basic philosophy is we do nothing. We want to see them figure it out on their own. There are lots of ideas they could try before we would intervene. But if it got to where they truly had nothing and needed help wed give it to them, but it would come at a massive price. (Survivor fans remember Survivor: The Australian Outback when I took their entire camp in exchange for more rice. Every decision has a consequence.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)Anyone who is hotheaded & irrational enough to throw the tribe's supply of rice into the fire deserves to be voted out, yet the other "brains" decided to keep her, thinking the best way to proceed is with an all-girl alliance. Judging from their puny performance in the immunity challenge, they were extremely lucky that the beauty tribe had trouble figuring out the maze puzzle & lost instead.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)I have no idea what she must have been thinking but that kind of move is unforgivable. I think some people play to be the dramatic character of the season, the villain if you will.