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the Glorious Communism section
That cracked me up. I assume showing the subtitles was part of CBS' deal in being allowed to shoot in Hanoi.
Also: reading the instructions carefully -- like noting you're supposed to bring your chickens along, or NOT play chess.
Yup. Although I'm still not sure why they had to bring the chickens along, given that they were not plucked and put into the soup. (Maybe just so that the camera crews could catch locals laughing "look at those Westerners carrying chickens"?)
One aspect I like about TAR is that the producers are going for "laughing at the clueless Westerners" rather than "laughing at the quaint locals."
TAR 45 minutes late tonight.
ETA: Oh man, but don't miss the opening. Crazy.
The opening is ridiculous.
But the bushmen (and the translators/caption writers) are awesome.
The "oh my god what's that?" dude totally cracked me up.
I was most impressed with the contestant who actually held the scorpion by the stinger.
Bates & Anthony (Team Hockey Brothers) REALLY impressed last night -- do you know how hard it is to get the trick of lighting a fire by friction? They SO won their first place.
And the teams that chose 'fowl' as their initial choice were wise beyond words, and their placement reflected it. Team Over-Achievers because they had actually paid attention to nature and survival shows, and Team Country Life because they actually knew something about trapping.
Next week we get donkeys, and may I say, in advance: Never yell at the animals. (Unless, for some reason, the task is specifically to yell at the animals, but I don't think there's ever been one of those.)
I love the hockey guys. They're having such a blast every leg.
