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Hadn't Kellee talked to Dan literally in the very first episode to tell him he made her uncomfortable? lol. I did think he was sincere in being unaware of how he could come across, but his speech during tribal was full of red flags in which he attempted to minimize the issue while also claiming not to understand it. A lot of people (understandably, perhaps?) have a trouble simply apologizing rather than giving excuses, especially when their character is in jeopardy, and I think Dan erred hard in that sense. Trying to speak of how you are basically a model for the Me Too movement, talking about your wife, attempting to pass off the situations in which he may have committed the harassment as cramped space or trying to become close to someone for warmth. It's like trying to put out flames with a blindfold. Good people are capable of wrong behaviors, too. But it's difficult for a guy like Dan who is only getting a fraction of the story because the rest of the cast isn't willing to fess up on the situation.

I thought this was an incredible double episode of television, even if a lot of these people showed their asses here. Survivor is sometimes an absolute microcosm of reality and independently of which side you're on, the ability to be able to be a spectator in such a story that rings incredibly true today was truly documentary-like in a way Survivor hadn't been in a long time. What I found most incredible is that we had someone playing basically every one of the traditional roles in such a situation. Most interesting I thought was Missy who was fine letting it out and discussing it with someone she trusted in Kellee, but then retracted her statements when confronted in public. Elizabeth basically having no horse in the race and choosing to believe her own perception over the victims'. Janet standing up for the victim and being ostracized for it. Aaron accusing Janet of victimization because he has close female connections and thus feeling like he can be an authority on the subject. Jamal attempting to play a voice of reason and moderator. Long list of etceteras and every one of them equally representative of what happens on a much more massive scale in the world. I cannot think of a moment more powerful than Janet trying to talk to Dan and then confronting Liz, moments after we saw Elizabeth and Missy lie their asses off and have several players try to cheer up Dan and tell him how this was only Kellee all along to cover their tracks.

I don't think any of the people in the majority alliance was spared from being edited as a total douche except Elaine and Tommy. Tommy especially got that scene with Janet that painted him in a much more positive light than anyone else in that group. At the end of the day, the footage selected will create an impression, so we have to be careful not to judge these people too hard, either.

edit. Oh, and I was screaming at my screen when Kellee didn't play one her idols. What the hell, girl? smh
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