I think it's safe to say the Hantz family reality television experiment should be over. What made Russel such a compelling Survivor player was the way he was so obviously holding back the crazy to stay in the game like a real life super villain. We kept waiting for him to crack, but ultimately what made him great television was that he never did. We've now seen three members of the family and two of the three couldn't control the crazy and that just isn't as fun. Russel is clearly an anomaly in his family, so let's agree as a group to stop subjecting people to this insane family.
Let's be honest, Willie was getting a raw deal. I don't take back anything I said about his game play in earlier posts. He was the only player who seemed to be seeing what was going on clearly. A problem occurred because he didn't now how to convey that in a sociably acceptable manner or react properly if others didn't want to except what he was seeing. Unless a whole lot happened that CBS isn't showing us (which I know is the case on some level), Willie didn't really do much to become the pariah of the house except call the coaches on their bullshit. But seeing that nobody was going to understand what he was saying and that his back was pinned against the wall was enough for him to lose control of his crazy. A sane person would have tried to regroup or attempted another tact, but Willie just lost his shit. Ultimately Big Brother is a game of following the crowd. If you can find a way to subtly manipulate that crowd or pick the right moment to over turn the crowd you better your chances to win. Willie wanted to change people by force of will and that tactic never works.
The part Willie got totally right is that this season has become all about the coaches. Nothing makes that more apparent then when Janelle chastises Britney for not being able to control her players. Why should the players just do whatever their coaches say? This season has quickly turned into a chess game between the coaches with the players being nothing but pawns getting moved around the board. From what CBS has showed us, the only coach who seems to be working with a player instead of just using his players is Boogie with Frank. I'm not sure if it's that the cast is to dumb or they lack enough personality or we've just become a society overcome with celebrity worship, but every time old players are introduced to new players in any of these reality games the new players cow tail to everything the old players say. I have a feeling that the producers of Big Brother realized they had a really weak cast this season so came up with the idea of coaches to bring some personality to the season. All we hear from are the coaches, the players are getting almost no face time. Now that Willie is gone I'm interested to see where things go since there doesn't seem to be another player strong enough to stand up to the coaches or play any type of interesting game at all. As arrogant as Boogie is, I hope him and Frank stay around a long time because they look to be the only entertainment we're going to get.
-Additional note: is there anything more uncomfortable then Ian asking Ashley on a slop date?
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