After thinking about it a little...Rockstar's really not wrong about Brett and the show kinda proved it.
In reality, the flip to take out Kaitlyn was mainly on Angela, pushing to keep Rockstar around since Rockstar could be trusted more to go after the guys than after the girls. On the show however, they had that cringeworthy scene of Rockstar trying to strategize with Brett, followed by them making it look like Brett was calling the shots in terms of switching the vote to Kaitlyn. Keep in mind that Angela has gotten almost NO edit thus far this season, and this could've been a breakout moment, yet the editors still felt it necessary to give all discussion to Brett, and then Tyler in opposition to the vote.
I'm just sayin'...guys like him DO have a tendency to "win" in the eyes of society.
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Peridiam posted...
Right, but this is the issue, and why she isnt right. Rockstar resented Brett for his archetype, not for his character. Hes a straight while male and thus needs to be eradicated for being as such. He was winning because his alliance held the power, and she blamed his archetype for it.
That said since then theyre actually both pretty cordial. Kiss and made up.
The editors are a different story. Thats not Bretts fault and the need to take him out for an example such as that is a seemingly ugly rationale.
Brett, a bland, generic white alpha male, is given credit by the editors for an event that was instigated by Angela, a similarly bland, generic white alpha female. This is but one example of such an occurrence, and it's part of an ongoing trend of men getting credit for women's actions. This creates a feedback loop where men are automatically perceived as bigger threats, leading to positive and negative consequences: positive in that they get a ton of credit and less blowback should they make the endgame, negative in that they're viewed as bigger targets for elimination even if they're less threatening in reality than their female counterparts. So Rockstar, while an obnoxious caricature of what conservatives view all liberals to be, is not wrong about Brett, and the edit of last week's boot is just an example of how society reaffirms her claims.
and man here we are with these posts. you guys just can't help yourselves
if someone entertaining like Brett can't amuse you then what are you even looking for ---
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