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Part of the fun of being perpetual
Survivor fans, is assaying each new season's
group of castaways and attempting to
decipher what Mark Burnett and crew where
thinking as they made their selections.
Not to be too unkind, but Willard Smith of
Survivor 10 Palau
had us stumped completely. The
casting conversation must've gone something
like this: "Okay this guy's a lawyer,
he's old and gray, he shares his name with a
famous rat, he's a self-described curmudgeon
who can't run, can't climb, can't swim, and
is decidedly bereft of any social skills.
Perfect, get him on the phone, he's in."
See what we mean?!
But Willard is forevermore a former castaway all the
same. In an interesting twist, he was
booted from his tribe even after they were
victorious in a challenge. It hardly
seemed fair, but then again, when you're
merely riding the coattails of one of
Survivor's strongest all-time tribes, your
gripe will fall on deaf ears every time.
In the end, Willard finished 14th of the
twenty who started the game. Not such
a bad showing for a curmudgeon lawyer, not
bad at all.
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