Wednesday, March 23, 2005
The most amazing thing I saw last night on The Amazing Race
Or should I say The Amazing Two Races? You know, I’m all for eliminating the mega-bunching that plagued last season, but I don’t necessarily think double mega-bunching is the answer. I mean, when you have one group of teams just arriving in a city after the rest of the teams have already checked in at the pit stop? Yeah, there’s something wrong with that.
Also, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I don’t agree with the inclusion of Rob and Amber on this season of the show. It’s not just that I believe they shouldn’t be allowed to keep prolonging their 15 minutes of fame in a Trista-like manner; it’s also that their presence changes the entire dynamic of the race, and not in a good way. Instead of everyone starting out with a clean slate, ensuring that opinions of each team can only be formed based on their performance during the race, nearly all of the teams came into the game with some preconceived notion about Rob and Amber. I can only imagine this effect was intended by the producers when they chose Rob and Amber, but what I can’t imagine is why they would make such a decision. Were they really so worried about a lack of tension or conflict this season that they felt they had to orchestrate it in such a contrived manner? You’d think by the seventh season of this show, they would have learned that that’s not necessary.
Finally, judging by Ray’s assessment that “[The] horse is not broken,” he appears to have graduated from the Collin School of Animal Management. And judging by his attitude for much of this episode, he also appears to be working toward his PhD at the Collin School of Advanced Assholiness.
Or should I say The Amazing Two Races? You know, I’m all for eliminating the mega-bunching that plagued last season, but I don’t necessarily think double mega-bunching is the answer. I mean, when you have one group of teams just arriving in a city after the rest of the teams have already checked in at the pit stop? Yeah, there’s something wrong with that.
Also, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I don’t agree with the inclusion of Rob and Amber on this season of the show. It’s not just that I believe they shouldn’t be allowed to keep prolonging their 15 minutes of fame in a Trista-like manner; it’s also that their presence changes the entire dynamic of the race, and not in a good way. Instead of everyone starting out with a clean slate, ensuring that opinions of each team can only be formed based on their performance during the race, nearly all of the teams came into the game with some preconceived notion about Rob and Amber. I can only imagine this effect was intended by the producers when they chose Rob and Amber, but what I can’t imagine is why they would make such a decision. Were they really so worried about a lack of tension or conflict this season that they felt they had to orchestrate it in such a contrived manner? You’d think by the seventh season of this show, they would have learned that that’s not necessary.
Finally, judging by Ray’s assessment that “[The] horse is not broken,” he appears to have graduated from the Collin School of Animal Management. And judging by his attitude for much of this episode, he also appears to be working toward his PhD at the Collin School of Advanced Assholiness.
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