Survivor Stereotypes Analysis

What do I mean by the title of this post? Well, it’s quite simple, actually. It seems that when it comes to the types of contestants in the game, there are different stereotypes that can appear over and over again. These can imply many different things about a group of people. I will explore the different types of players that we see from time to time, according to the editors, that is. This will not include all of them as I don’t think that I can remember what they are all like.

The black contestant who seems lazy: We see this so often that it makes us wonder if there is some sort of biased against all of these men who play. We often see these people just lying around a lot of the time, perhaps telling others to shut up. Or maybe they are lazy and the editors always want to point it out for some odd reason.

The Asian woman who is always mistreated: I don’t know why we’ve seen this as often as we have. But it seems like so many women who are of Asian descent are always mistreated by the tribe or tribes that they are on. They always seem to be looked down upon or getting tons of votes from other people. This has happened in so many seasons that it can be a bit of a surprise that an Asian woman has actually won the game. Still, it took a while for this to happen.

The super fan: So often, we see people who think that they know everything about the game because they have seen so much about it and have been fans of it, often from a very young age. They often seem to think that they know everything there is to know about the game and use it to their advantage. What these people often don’t realize is that there is a difference between knowing the game and actually playing it. Often, they don’t last or aren’t popular among the other players.

The person who never camped before: Why do we see this from time to time? Why would someone who has never gone camping in their life think that they can do Survivor? Do these people just want to be on TV? Do they think that somehow not having that much knowledge about basic survival skills is going to be a good thing? I don’t get it. I don’t think that we see much of this anymore, but it is still very annoying to hear these people complain all the time about their lack of experience.

The bossy person: These people never seem to last that long most of the time. Sometimes, we do see them last long enough, but almost never do they have a chance at actually winning the game. All they do is order people around and then wonder why they got voted out.

The leader: Not to be confused with the previous grouping, these people like to take charge of their group and bring forth leadership into it. This isn’t always met well with whoever might be on the other side of this. Other times, these people are the clear winners of the game.

The strong person: Often, these people think that they can use their brute strength to just win every challenge they need to beat the game. This isn’t how things work. You can’t win on strength alone. Now that doesn’t mean that it isn’t an asset that you should go without. But I can’t think of anyone who won the game based on strength alone.

The cocky person: There are times when these people win, but more often than not, these people will ultimately fail in some way because of their cockiness. Sometimes it can give you what you need to in order to win the game. But the less people know of this, the better it will be for you.

The woman who thinks she can use sexiness: Ever since Parvati played, it seems like so many women think that they can replicate her success. Very few people can win like a previous winner has. All of these women have things in common. They often aren’t good, notable, and they never seem to win or even make it to the jury. Maybe someone, even a man, could use sexiness to win. But even if it did work for Parvati, it would have only worked one of the three times she played.

The eccentric gay man: It might be a bit sad for lesbians that they never seem to stick out on this show. But the gay men always seem to be such great and eccentric characters that producers will always be casting them and it has nothing to do with appeasing minority standards. They often give us great forms of entertainment such as wonderful confessionals or otherwise great moments that it seems that most of the straight men (and women) are somehow incapable of doing.

The recruit who’s never seen the show before: You might not always know who these people are unless you keep track of certain things as you learn about these people before the season starts to air. But these aren’t always bad players. However, they often come off as very arrogant. I don’t know why the show’s producers would ignore applicants to recruit a person who has never seen the show before. By this point, you should only hire contestants who have seen the show or they shouldn’t be playing it in the first place.

The black woman with attitude: “I will always wag my finger in your face!” Thankfully, these people are not seen as much anymore. I don’t know if they always seemed to just come off this way to others in the game or if they really did seem like they were full of attitude of some sort. I don’t know what else there is to say about this, just that I hope it doesn’t appear again.

Well, that’s all for this post. Did I cover them all? Do you think that I left out any important ones? Are any of these wrong? Maybe I only think that some of these are real stereotypes when they actually aren’t. If you care enough to comment, let me know what you think. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.