I was persuaded to watch the second series by my daughter & became addicted. It is full of surprises & very entertaining. The psychology of human behaviour is fascinating. What would any human being be prepared to do for a big enough prize?
Seemingly anything. There are no holds barred. In order to win the big money prize the traitors have to be prepared to lie & deceive all the people in the group. They also have to be prepared to stab fellow traitors in the back & murder other contestants. These are people they spend up to 17 hours a day with for 3 weeks. Avarice wins the day.
In addition everyone has to work as a team to complete the missions & increase the prize pot. The missions are challenging. So a good traitor has to have a devious, split, personality - pretend to be a team player & simultaneously be prepared to shamelessly manipulate the group & individuals within it. While the faithful are woking for the good of the group selflessly, the traitors can only succeed if they are ruthless & selfish.
In the end, I was disappointed that the lack of morality triumphed. The telling moment for me was the final banishment when Mollie was about to vote Harry off & whispered "it isn't you" & he replied "no". It was such a betrayal of trust.
I also agree with Claudia that there is an issue with the programme regarding the patriarchical slant. Overwhelmingly male traitors. The statistics are interesting. More female faithfuls were murdered than men 5/2. More men were banished than women 6/4.
The programme reminds me of the Roman spectacles for the entertainment of the masses. They were to distract the populace from the political and economic problems of the day. Is that what is happening here? I actually think it is. If you really think about all of the "reality shows". Most are very unedifying.
Herd mentality plays such an important part. The psychology of the programme is an entertaining mirror on the human condition played out as a game. It's clever, but is this what we have become?
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