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...grossing films broke the rules. In summer 2000, the genre was the star: toga epic, Twister at sea, comic-book heroism, a Scream ream and a cutesy Jurassic Park. Moviegoers were in the mood for unofficial remakes--familiar formulas with less famous faces. As CBS's Survivor took 16 nobodies and turned them into summer celebrities, Hollywood made big bucks with the B Team...
...office rather than seek psychotherapy or at least a calm visiting professorship somewhere? If she doesn't ask the people in the hall to believe her but asks them to believe she can accomplish what they believe in, she may yet pull it out. She's such a survivor, CBS should have cast her on the show...
...Only fan favorite Rudy was neither more nor less than he had been. Unrepentant to guffaws about his Rudyisms, talking about honor and his Navy SEAL "buddies," nailing some pretty good punch lines. Rudy has applied for "Survivor II" in Australia. "I'm going to keep trying till I win," he says...
...show led a "special edition" of CBS' New York news, then migrated to Letterman, where Richard got naked - which, as pre-taped Dave noted, sort of gave it away. And don't say good-bye - "Survivor" will be back for prime-time reruns on Sept. 14, complete with interviews and never-before-seen footage. That should almost last us to halftime of the Super Bowl in January, when "Survivor II" kicks...
...hour episode, which played like David and Maddy getting together - a few payoffs, but deflating. But Richard got what he deserved, and the ending will sit well with viewers as they put the lens cap back on their collective telescope and get on with their realistic, unedited lives. "Survivor" may survive this winter, maybe on 10 million viewers - it's still a fun idea, and season two will be an occasion for reminiscing. But maybe we didn't have to meet the players. Once you start juxtaposing reality with "reality," only minutes after the illusion is completed, you demystify...