Tuesday, March 15, 2005

THE BATTLE FOR NOT-BEING-LAST: Both American Idol 4 and The Amazing Race 7 seemed to revolve around the same theme this week: how to make sure you stay in the running.

For the singers, that meant playing it safe, across the board. In a deeply meh hour, no one hit it out of the park, and even the good singers (a/k/a Nadia and Bo) felt very artificial to me in their stage presence.

For the racers, however, Not Finishing Last involved a kind of ballsy exploitation of the Unpublished Amazing Rules that has never been attempted before, and I'm interested in your thoughts on the maneuever(s).

Eating disorders, we saw, can be taught by parents. Also, for whatever reason, black men kick ass on Race Eating Challenges.

Finally, we were reminded of one more piece of Good Racing Strategery: when you have time to get directions before you leave, do so. And then, umm, try to follow them, because the road from Chile to Argentina does not usually take you to the ocean.

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