More Survivor Blogging...

Washington Monthly Blogger Kevin Drum's take on Survivor before it aired last night...Drum thinks the show will also end up supporting blandly proper attitudes toward race in America (treacle, by the way, is a sticky molasses-based substance associated with cloyingly sweet emotional appeals):

American TV has always been a yeasty blend of simple storylines and treacly moralism, and I'll bet that when all is said and done, the treacly moral of this season's Survivor will be exactly what you think it will be: we need to look beyond racial stereotypes and accept every individual on the basis of their true inner gifts. Do you honestly think it will end up any other way?