Word: tribalized
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...ANIMOSITY We have no real equivalent of, say, Arsenal vs. Tottenham. We don't sing sectarian anthems and fling pub darts at each other. This is bad for ratings. So instead of determining teams geographically (New York, L.A., Orlando), I suggest organizing teams along ethnic, religious, political and tribal lines. There should be a Bloods team. A Crips team. A Lubavitch Hasidim team. Aryan Nations, Khmer Rouge, Hutu, Tutsi, Royal Ulster Constabulary, Jews for Jesus, Hizballah. Now you've got some fierce rivalries going--off the field and on. You try tackling a 275-lb. running back with...
...rest. I loved to watch Willie Randolph - slick, perfect, self-contained - at second. But there was the intolerable Steinbrenner, and you paid a price in the stands. A drunk always showered beer on you from the second deck and games with the Boston Red Sox would degenerate into tribal brawls after the sixth inning, when everyone had had enough suds to be a real moron...
...entire world. It was a reminder that the horror facing the 21st century will be the one left unresolved in the 20th: after the end of the great confrontations between shifting alliances of nation-states, we are still faced with the bloody terrors wrought by ethnic, religious and tribal hatreds...
With Survivor, we did not only grow close to 16 televised strangers--we also grew closer to ourselves. When the final tribal council was over, and Richard was declared the survivor, I felt like a shadow of my former self. How else to regain the magic and splendor of the weekly reality-based show, I thought, than to relive my favorite moments all over again with the official companion book, Survivor: The Ultimate Game? Unfortunately, this text has only left me thirsting even more for the next season in the Australian Outback. The book, written by Executive Producer Mark Burnett...
...book fails to answer some of the biggest mysteries of tribal life in the South China Sea. What romance were Greg and Colleen covering for during their scandalous excursions? Why did Sean feel he owed Kelly a meal? Why did Sue feel such a harsh speech was necessary at the last council? These issues remain a mystery. For now, however, I plan to keep pining for the new Outback episodes, never to read another book on a television series again and to continue writing letters to Big Brother producers until they release poisonous pterodactyls into the house. Now that would...