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Atlas Mugged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 07:44 AM
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'Survivor' bows to the Christian Right
Edited on Fri Dec-03-04 08:15 AM by Atlas Mugged
DISCLAIMER: This may be satire. Some claim it is and others "have proof" that it isn't. I just thought it was funny, more than anything else. So, make of it what you will.


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(WIRE) Los Angeles,CA November 26, 2004

CBS, the parent network of the popular "Survivor" franchise, has reported that they have deleted one episode of Survivor from the current Vanuatu Series. CEO Bill Fleming reports that a combination of the overwhelmingly lesbian cast and the ascendance of the American Christian right wing has resulted in so much edited footage that they were running out of material.

Said Fleming, "The usually popular episode where the contestants reunite with loved ones was absolutely brutal on the editors. We caught enough flack from what was aired, but you should have seen what was edited out. It was unbelievable. I mean these girls were giving tongue and feeling each other up. It was really hard to decide what to delete with all that girl on girl loving going on, but after watching the footage for, oh, about 12 straight hours we finally decided. We were nervous enough with Ami and Scout already being "out", but when LeAnn starts "loving" her best friend, and
Julie gets all plutonic with her male "best friend", the warning bells started going off."

<snip>

My favorite quote:

"We didn't realize Scout was a lesbian until the final contract signing. We just though she was one of those widowed grandmothers who relax and go dyke after thier husband finally drops dead."


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kaitykaity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 07:54 AM
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1. I don't see it that way.

I think this whole season has been one big old FU to
the Christian Right. If they had bowed, there never
would have been any lesbians to start with.
And Ami obviously had a man-hating problem from
the git go.

We'll see how straight things are next season.
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Atlas Mugged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 08:30 AM
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2. Ami's Playboy photo spread
Warning: Visible "dirty pillows" and "down there"!
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dr.strangelove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 10:51 AM
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3. That was pretty funny
It obviously is a joke. I don't know of a Bill Fleming who is CEO at Viacom or CBS.

I love how they describe Chris "adjusting" himself. I thik I saw a little of Sarge doing that.
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lazarus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 01:52 PM
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4. LOL
Obviously a joke, especially since Survivor already aired the "loved ones" special.

I will say that there appear to be more than just the two "out" lesbians this season.
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Phentex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 02:33 PM
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5. The loved ones scenes looked choppy though
We thought they must have kissed their partners just like everyone did, but they chopped those scenes out.
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:45 AM
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6. I thought it looked choppy too
and I wondered at the time if they had left out some girl-girl kissing. I can't imagine that after weeks apart anyone involved in any kind of romantic relationship isn't going to kiss.
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 02:23 AM
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7. According to an article
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Atlas Mugged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 06:18 AM
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8. This is backed up in Entertainment Weekly
They also did a blurb on Burnett's fear of Lesbian tounge wrestling. So, there seems to be some truth to it, afterall.

BTW, I do not subscribe to Entertainment Weekly. I just sit in a lot of doctor's offices.
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