05-19-2016, 10:41 AM
Some fun news! This Fall Survivor will feature "Millennials vs. Gen X" as their competing team alliances. The trailer featured a lot of discussions about the two by each other, and why their generation is better and the other less likely to win, etc. So, Strauss and Howe becomes reality TV!
Too bad Boomers are left out. Some boomers still compete on the regular shows, but they are less common now. I am not so easily reconciled with Boomers being less prominent, or even no longer considered the younger generation! The newer ones are so clueless about so many things. Not that many Boomers today have not also joined the Clueless America Club; they have! Just look at who supports the Tea Party and Donald Trump. But I have some hope for millennials at least in politics, if they learn some civics that is. And of course, a few pop Millennial pop icons as opposed to the grungy Gen X ones.
I still like Survivor and watch it regularly. The original reality TV show of our era, it does focus on real personalities in depth and how they deal with the rigors of the game. I don't like the other reality shows. But, with no money, talent, or real concern with intellectual and moral depth being present in Broadcast TV comedies and dramas today, Survivor is the only thing left to watch except PBS, oldies and game shows. And of course it's a game show too.
Too bad Boomers are left out. Some boomers still compete on the regular shows, but they are less common now. I am not so easily reconciled with Boomers being less prominent, or even no longer considered the younger generation! The newer ones are so clueless about so many things. Not that many Boomers today have not also joined the Clueless America Club; they have! Just look at who supports the Tea Party and Donald Trump. But I have some hope for millennials at least in politics, if they learn some civics that is. And of course, a few pop Millennial pop icons as opposed to the grungy Gen X ones.
I still like Survivor and watch it regularly. The original reality TV show of our era, it does focus on real personalities in depth and how they deal with the rigors of the game. I don't like the other reality shows. But, with no money, talent, or real concern with intellectual and moral depth being present in Broadcast TV comedies and dramas today, Survivor is the only thing left to watch except PBS, oldies and game shows. And of course it's a game show too.