I too am very sad for the Corrine’s of the world. It makes me wonder what happened in her childhood that made her that way. Randy too. I still despise them both, but they make me sad.

Not to live in the past, and with all respect to current recappers everywhere, but this is exactly the kind of thing that anchored Linda’s TWoP recaps. Summary of the show? Yes. Humor? Absolutely a draw. But it was the occasional foray into the tangle of human nature like this post that really gave the recaps balance and made them interesting.

And finally, I will be MOST certain to catch myself the next time I think or say (in my occasionally self-congratulatory inner voice) “Well at least I’m willing to say it!” Yikes. Better make sure I check myself on that one.

Maybe the passage of time between the Final TC and Sunday allowed him to reflect and try to become a sort of loveablle old grump (he tried really hard not to smile when Probst was questioning him, but some littl eones slipped out).

Corinne, as was touched upon above, seemed to spend that time thinking she would roll into the Reunion as America’s Favorite Sprint Survivor Who Wins The Phony Rupert/James Cash Award.

Kudos to the studio audience for the multiple boos, Probst for calling her out on her nastiness, and Sugar for not stooping to that level.

I hope her family is proud.

Either way, she clearly stepped over the line – she is either missing how pathetic her statement to Sugar really was (if it came from the warped psyche), or if she was trying to develop a “Fans Favorite” character for future shows, she jumped that shark by being too mean.

But wait… what do you think? Would the Survivor porducers pull her for a future “Survivor Heroes” vs. “Survivor Villains” season? Can you imagine that? Reuben, Tina, Yau Man, Earl, etc. vs. Jerri, Jonny Fairplay, Corinne, Randy, etc. Come on, who wouldn’t watch that?!! Just to see what goes on the Villains camp?

I’m not completely sold that Randy’s faking his meanness while Corinne’s the real deal. They didn’t seem so different for me–Randy’s just better at disguising his meanness with humor. So I also wanted to credit Jeff for pointing out the double standard between them. But demerit Jeff for appearing to hold that double standard nonetheless.

Ha. That’s probably true. And good insight. I definitely know people like that. *cough* my brother *cough*

I believe Corinne wants to be Saucy Beloved Girl, but not Genuinely Disliked Girl.

Agreed. But I think more than that, she wants to be noticed. You could have written about any aspect of the Survivor Finale. And yet, you chose to write about Corinne, which is ultimately just what she wants. I stand by my assertion that the best response to Corrinne isn’t anger or pity, it’s indifference.

You’re forgetting a lot of people, just off the top of my head, Rocky and Lisi-Rocky took that kind of joy in humiliating Anthony; Lisi took that kind of joy in trying to humiliate Dreamz on national television with the “how many zeros in a million” question.

I totally agree with Sars about the meanness being so poorly done. Certainly, it didn’t work on Sugar, who, I like her, but let’s face it she cries at the drop of a hat. She didn’t burst into tears over the dead father comment, she just rolled her eyes and flipped the bird. She didn’t even get back in Corinne’s face about it, because Corinne isn’t worth the effort. And it was awesome.

In fact, I don’t think there is any event huge enough to move Corinne from ‘multi-celled organism’ to Human.