Watching the Nov. 20 episode of “Survivor,” you’d never know that the show’s currently muscling its way through one of the biggest, ugliest controversies of its 20-year run.…
,” you’d never know that the show’s currently muscling its way through one of the biggest, ugliest controversies of its 20-year run. There were no explicit mentions of the sexual harassment controversy that had swallowed the Nov. 13 merge episodes whole, giving the impression that the show would rather forget the disastrous events of the previous week and just move on.
On the one hand, “Survivor” is a high pressure game in which real world dynamics can unfurl in strange and fascinating ways; that’s why I and millions of others continue to watch it almost 40 seasons in. On the other hand, I and millions of others are still very much aware that “Survivor” involves actual people who should not have to worry about whether or not production will step in and do the right thing when it comes to their safety.
And if there was any remaining doubt that this apparently unprecedented producer action was insufficient, the ensuing domino effect among the contestants makes their collective confusion undeniable. Kim got voted out, relegating her to the jury without a voice in the game while Spilo got to defend himself at length. He called the allegations “
Another contestant, Janet Carbin, tried to get Spilo voted out in the absence of any significant production intervention, only to get shunned by Byrdopportunity to get ahead by assuring Spilo that he hadn’t done anything wrong.
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