Re: TARA 302: Less swearing, more crying
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Re: TARA 302: Less swearing, more crying         

Group: alt.tv.amazingrace · Group Profile
Author: Martin Phipps
Date: Sep 19, 2008 22:14

On Sep 20, 10:47 am, "Obveeus" aol.com> wrote:
> "Martin Phipps" yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 20, 3:08 am, "Obveeus" aol.com> wrote:
>
>>> Side note: this show now has a new villian. The bald guy, Geoff, didn't
>>> strike me as a complete scumbag in episode #1, but he did this episode.
>>> there is no claim for 'it was just the editing' with this guy. He is a
>>> genuine jerk.
>>The comment about Bernie being "over the hill" or something to that
>>effect was over the top.  At least if people in the other teams start
>>to dislike him then we'll know why: we never really did know why
>>people hated the Malaysian Mums in TARA 2,
>
> I thought the point where he screamed at the crowd of locals to go away
> becasue he only wanted to talk to the driver was ove rthe top, as was him
> grabbing the driver by the hand and dragging him toward the car.  he also
> spent most of the episode ragging on his teammate for being slow after he
> got them behind through his wimpy efforts at avoiding getting shot / finding
> a bag.

Maybe it was a deliberate casting choice. They set out to find
someone who can play the "ugly American" and this time the role was
filled by a New Zealander. :)

Martin
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