Survivor: David vs. Goliath

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Bev Vincent

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I'd be interested to hear what you Survivor watchers thought of this season? What were your thoughts about the guy they got rid of for inappropriate behavior? What did you see as far as the show? With editing, you might not have seen anything, but did you get a feeling about this guy by what you saw?

One of his accusers got voted off instead of him? Was that the right thing to do at the time?

It's hard to judge things based on less than a day's worth of footage out of over a month's worth of time on the island. It is very clear that Dan behaved in a way that upset more than one player. He definitely violated several women's personal spaces through inappropriate touching.

One of them spoke to producers and some action was taken, but we on the outside don't know exactly what that action was. It was presented in a way that made it seem that the situation was explained to the other players but apparently most of the other players felt the conversation was too vague and non-specific for them to understand the seriousness of the situation. The players who voted out the complainant did so strategically without a full understanding and a couple of them later expressed regret for their actions.

The incident that finally led to his ejection was off camera and didn't involve another contestant but a member of the show's production team.

Probst and Survivor have essentially admitted they did not handle the situation correctly and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again in the future. It was a real mess, to be honest.
 

mal

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It's hard to say as we only saw the edited version and vagaries. Was he just a bit too touchy/feely? Was there sexual intent? In either case he should keep his hands (and legs) to himself. He seemed a bit creepy in my opinion. I was more shocked at the other girls capitalizing on this by saying they were victimized as well, just to get further in the game. I think we are one more baby step closer to 'The Running Man' gameplay mentality.
 

Dana Jean

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Apparently this was the first time that the final was filmed instead of airing live for fear of what would be said about this.

I'm glad they admitted they didn't handle it right and would take measures for the future.

I do find it unfortunate that the game players were not given full information so they could make decisions about their own safety or if in fact they even wanted to continue game play.
 

Bev Vincent

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Apparently this was the first time that the final was filmed instead of airing live for fear of what would be said about this. I

I think one of the reasons the finale was filmed in advance was to give Kellee (the complainant) the opportunity to talk about something emotional without the added pressure of it being before a live audience.