By: bruhe
If the producers of Big Brother 4 have a goal to ruin any future this program
has in America, they have succeeded with last nights lackluster twist.
After the six remaining house guests were informed to "Expect the
Unexpected," speculation and anticipation took hold. Viewers and house guests
alike scrambled to predict what might happen. Here on Jokers, most predictions
were imaginative and creative
So, when the time came, I sat eagerly at
my computer. The feeds were up and my fingers were poised to transcribe the
juicy details. But when the information came, all I could do was stare
incredulously at my monitor.
Then anger took over.
"What the
heck were these people thinking?" I wondered. Here we thought some great new
twist would happen. Instead, Big Brother recycled old gags and bribes in a weak
attempt to shake up the game.
For those who want to relive the pain, I
will explain the twist. Each house guest was separately tempted by host Julie
Chen. The offer? The golden power of veto as well as a normal diet of food. The
catch? None of them knew what anyone else decided to do. And, if someone took
the bribe, they would sentence all the others in the house to suffer a
designated time on PB&J only.
This isn't a twist at all. First, a
real twist in a game like this is something that changes the face of the game
regardless of what the contestants do. In this feeble twist, it was quite
possible that no one would take the bribe at all. In fact, Jee was the only one
(based on the feeds) who did take the bribe. If he hadn't, the game would have
returned to normal. So much for a twist.
The other insult of this twist
is that it regurgitates things we have already seen in prior seasons. That's
like the NFL changing the two minute warning to the two minute reminder and then
calling it a radical new spin on things. We have been there and seen that. There
was nothing new except the lame offer of Veto power which has yet to really
shake anything up in this game anyway.
Golden veto? It isn't golden
until a nominee wins it and that hasn't happened yet. And it wont happen this
week, either.
So Jee makes his decision to sell out and take the veto in
order to seal his nominations of Jack and Erika. Big Whup. Now he can't win it
next week. Big Whup.
And now there are five miserable house guests made
even more miserable by a diet of PB&J. Of course they are angry. Maybe they
are over reacting to the diet. It is only a week, after all.
But more to
the point, I think they (and we) are angry because of the ridiculously lame
nature of this so-called twist.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a
twist as "...a distortion of meaning or sense....an unexpected turn or
development....a clever device."
On the other hand, it seems Arnold
Shapiro and Allison Grodner define a twist as "taking the easy way out and
disappointing everyone in the process."
There is nothing clever in this
twist. At least not right now. Perhaps me writing this article will backfire on
me as they pull another fast one on us... but with less than a month left in the
game, I really doubt it.
I am insulted, frustrated, offended, and
saddened that the people in charge of this show failed to use imagination on
this twist. And, when I think about it, they failed in other ways too. Duckball?
Recycled. That sequestering house? Mistake. They could have been really
imaginative and made even more money by offering separate internet feeds of that
domicile. I know I would have paid to see it. Still would, actually. How about
that great luxury competition where they won sub par laundry service? That was a
hoot. Not.
If Arnold's and Allison's hearts are no longer in this game,
then they should turn the production over to the folks that run Survivor or the
Amazing Race.
I joked on the P/X board that the twist better not be some
lame ass thing like they get a duck or something... But that is exactly what
they gave us. A duck.
A really lame duck.
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