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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 10:36 pm
I thought I remembered reading in the past that production basically picks their clothes from usual clothes they wear. So, unlike Amazing Race where the contestants can go out and buy moisture whicking garments and other camping type clothes, these people are not allowed to do that. They have to suffer as if they were stranded in the outfit they wore for a leisure boat ride.
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Wavewatcher
Member
09-09-2006
| Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 10:45 pm
That explains the poor choice of clothing. But I wouldn't be wearing heels for any kind of a boat ride...and why the men's dress shoes? Aaaaahhhhh...maybe they have been on a cruise. 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 6:08 am
Hey Wave! The clothes thing always struck me as odd as well. They are probably told what to wear or are somehow caught off guard (but if I was going on Survivor I'd be very careful with what I wore on any sort of preliminary trip).
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 6:58 am
Jimmer...I feel the same way. If I was going to any Survivor event close to shooting time, I'd have clothes set...layers!! They must really catch them off guard! Men's dress shoes? Little dresses?
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 8:45 am
They do pick their clothes, but they also eventually give them their bathing suits and sometimes other shoes.
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Scubalass
Member
07-01-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 9:42 am
Ahh, adorable Fabio, I thought it was funny that they called him that! Poor Jud seems to be accident prone just like fabio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twqMYABS_Pg&feature=related
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Scubalass
Member
07-01-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 9:47 am
If I was going on survivor I would wear lots of layered clothes everyday just in case I got surprised when the game started! Rupert's season when they had to jump off the ship, some of them were so dressed up! I would not be fooled! 
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Happygal
Member
11-15-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 12:34 pm
I thought I read something a few years ago that implied that people were getting smart and layering, etc. and the producers made them leave some layers behind. I do think that the contestants are somewhat taken by surprise the day they leave, but I also think the producers have a hand in what they wear.
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Muffin
Member
08-29-2007
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 1:42 pm
Add me to the list of watching and confused why these people go on Survivor wearing the clothes that they have. One guy was wearing a tie! I find it very strange. Did we ever hear that they are simply picked up without knowing when and brought to the game? How do we find that out?
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 2:06 pm
I think it must be a production issue at this point. They want them to be cast as a certain "type" and make them wear clothes to reflect that...otherwise after this many seasons people would know better!
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 2:58 pm
They look through the suitcase and pull items from it for you to wear to photo session(s). Then they don't let you go back to change, they take you immediately into the game. Often they have tried to color-coordinate with the tribal/buff colors.

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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 3:30 pm
I finally watched the premiere and I must say I was a little bored, I know it was the first episode, but no one stood out for me just yet, so I hope that changes quickly. I also read that production picks out their clothes, hence all the young women are in tiny bikini's--that always grates on my nerves, I feel that they are being exploited.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 4:03 pm
Well the way to solve this problem is to only have the clothes you would be willing to wear on TV in your suitcase, LOL.
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Scubalass
Member
07-01-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 4:29 pm
Dipo! You are the resident problem solver LOLOL What I don't understand is why the boys are walking around in underwear (not that I mind) I would be wearing swimwear as underwear, just in case production started! But then I am old and wrinkled!
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Slybones
Member
07-20-2007
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 5:04 pm
I'm too old,fat and wrinkled to be caught dead in a bathing suit. Only shorts and t-shirts are seen on this body. LOL.
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Slybones
Member
07-20-2007
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 5:05 pm
And let me add that I'm not seen by that many.

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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 5:16 pm
Just bc it's done, doesn't mean it's not exploitation, to both the men and women; production can choose something else, like heals and a dress and see how they cope, or a suit for the guys. And production takes full advantage of that exploitation with the butt shots they always have. Not everyone likes that aspect of the show, it's boring and not necessary, but very much exploitation.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 5:42 pm
The idea behind a TV show is to have people watch - so the producers go in all directions to round up as many viewers as possible - just a part of the process.
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Oliviamimi
Member
05-30-2009
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 6:09 pm
Sly, shorts and t shirts for me too. If I was on survivor and had to watch myself prance around on tv for 3 months in a bathing suit I would need serious therapy lol
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Scubalass
Member
07-01-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 6:18 pm
My take on this is, if you are going on a reality TV show you must have a certain type of personality. I don't think those lovely slim young ladies and gents feel they are being exploited, heck when I was their age and had a slim body I loved to show it off in a nice bikini! They have had some not so slim and not so young people on who looked great in their shorts and swimsuits, for example curvy Cirie always looked great, Rupert and Russel were not muscular youngsters but were themselves in how they dressed. I think survivor out of all the shows tries to get a diverse group that appeal to everyone, I think they try and find characters rather than body shapes. I don't think they force the youngsters male or female to wear "skimpy" clothing My humble opinion 
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Scubalass
Member
07-01-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 6:21 pm
As you can tell from my name, I scuba dive, have done so for 20 years + 20 years ago this body looked great in a wet suit, today, oh my, it is a sad sight! I am with you Sly, t-shirt and shorts hide so much! Gravity and getting older do not go together!
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 8:30 pm
When they show a closeup of someone's butt during a competition, or any number of other closeup shots of someone's body parts, that's exploitation; it's not so much the bikini's or underwear, it's more the shots that are taken when they are in them. It used to be like they were stranded with the clothes on their back, now it's predictably set-up, which to me is pointless, boring, and one dimensional thinking. And although some people don't give it a second thought, I don't like people being exploited in this way, it irritates me.
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Scubalass
Member
07-01-2004
| Monday, September 20, 2010 - 9:01 pm
How can it be exploitation when they pixel it out? I am a European, women's breasts are considered a part of the body, no one blinks an eye, we all go to the beach with no tops on. I don't get how they are exploiting people, Richard Hatch went nude, he was pixeled out, no one forced him to go naked! When they play a game, sometimes clothing slips, the camera is showing them playing a game and they pixel out body parts. The young men who were wearing underwear this week got pixeled, I have no idea why, but I know they were not being exploited! LOLOL Brendon lost his shorts in BB this season and he decided to play on without pulling them up, the camera showed it but pixeled it ...is that exploitation? Jenna and Heidi chose to strip in order to win cookies and milk, it was their choice, we never saw them naked. Exploitation is such a hard word, the cast know what they are signing up for and no way does Survivor try to show anything or make anyone show anything that is not appropriate. Now talk about sweat shops, selling children into prostitution, making children work and not be educated etc, then you have exploitation MHO :-)
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 2:55 am
You misinterpreted what I said and are trying to spin social issues into something the media does to people on this show, as well as others; exploitation is vast, not finite to child labor, slavery, etc. I'm not referring to morality, nudity or shame of the human body, that's not even remotely what I mean. This show does not pixel out the close-up shots of body parts, they zoom in, predominately with women, hence my saying they are exploiting their bodies. You can think whatever you want, but what you are referring to has nothing to do with what I meant.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 6:21 am
These people are willing participants. I don't see much exploitation. Why do they do it anyway? Are Americans turned on by blurred pixels? By the way I think I understand what Stormie is referring to. We're not going to be seeing Survivor Arctic any time soon.
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