Survivor 4: Marquesas may well go
down in series lore as the Survivor
of the 'chicks', inasmuch as all three of
the finalists were SurvivorFoxes! But the
last SurvivorHunk standing in Tahiti
was Paschal English, a real-life Judge from
Georgia whose senior status and easy manner
carried him a long way with his fellow
tribemates. If not for the luck of the
draw, or more precisely the *bad* luck of
the draw, the respected elder castaway may
have won the game.
Paschal brought a Jimmy Carter-ish air to Survivor:
Marquesas, much as Rodger Bingham
brought a whiff of Appalachia to the Outback
during Survivor 2. The Judge's
southern drawl was as thick as maple syrup ~
his favorite word was "wunnerful" ~ but by
and large we were able to watch & digest
without a translator.
In a dubious claim to fame, Paschal became the first
Survivor who, in sequence: was voted off the
island, showered, dined, and promptly
collapsed! Spending a night in a Marquesian
hospital isn't the most glamorous way to bow
out, but it certainly demonstrates that 37
days of spartan living conditions are no
cakewalk!
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