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...very romantic-French-novel Week 10 episode that proved the reports - here and elsewhere - of the decline of "Survivor 2" were greatly exaggerated, the Ogakor alliance abandoned its sensible lockstep and abruptly swallowed Jerri in a delightfully shocking Tribal Council. Then it spit her out. It was just the icing on what, undoubtedly, was this "Survivor's finest hour...
DIED. LEOPOLD PAGE, 87, Holocaust survivor whose zeal and persistence led to the publication (and, eventually, the film version) of Schindler's List; in Los Angeles. Polish-born Page survived World War II after being rescued from a concentration camp in 1944 when he was included in the list of 1,200 Jews that Oskar Schindler employed in his munitions factory. Owner of a leather goods shop in Beverly Hills after the war, Page spent 40 years badgering writers to take up Schindler's story, finally succeeding when Australian author Thomas Keneally came into the store to buy a briefcase...
Every niche reveals a new wonder. Pull the undercarriage of the bus, and out rolls an electric barbecue and another television set, designed for the chef who can grill steaks and watch Survivor II. With a 165-gal. tank of freshwater and other tanks for waste, as well as a powerful generator for light, heat or air conditioning, a bus can camp for a week without needing outside power...
...Will the Week 9 That Wasn't be the beginning of the end for the "Survivor" franchise? The fall of many an empire started with an act of hubris. But fickle as the millions may be, they're probably too used to this kind of shabby, cynical treatment from corporate entertainment to take much umbrage...
...Still, the easiest way for a dose-of-reality show like "Survivor" to lose an addicted viewer is to provoke disillusionment. It's not only a reminder that the winner took home the million a long time ago, it's a reminder that for all its high-concept genius and built-in conflict, "Survivor" is just another TV show, on just another TV network...