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Essence
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01-11-2003

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 6:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A Look At Mogo Mogo

PEARL ISLANDS, Jan. 27, 2004
CBS) With two winners, a runner up and a couple of final four contenders, the Mogo Mogo tribe is looking like the group to beat.

From the very first episode of ‘Survivor,” Richard Hatch was the master manipulator.

"Guys I think the first thing we ought to do is talk about whatever we're going to do," he said to his Pulau Tiga tribe.

He also confidently proclaimed: "I think I am in control of who is being voted off and I think that is all that matters to me."

And now Hatch is back.

In an interview with CBS News Correspondent Tracy Smith, he says, “I've watched all the 'Survivor' shows. I haven't studied these people. I've haven't needed to. They're so transparent. Nobody's played well. They're moronic.”

But fellow tribe members have studied him.

"I think anybody would be an ass to trust Richard Hatch," says Lex Van Den Berghe.

Last time, Van Den Berghe's tattooed frame was in Africa. Since then, he's spent a lot of time building off-camera alliances with all of the survivors at wrap-parties and public appearances. So how is he going to work that into the strategy?

"Well I mean its gonna make my life a lot easier in some respects," says Van Den Berghe. "I'm hoping to see a lot of my friends out here."

Among those "friends" is Kathy Varick O'Brien, who, even before taping began, was showing a crack in her loyalty.

“I can safely say that he's irritating me. And that's because he's doing too much talking. And that's because he's nervous," says Varick O'Brien. "And I think he's nervous, because he would think there would be an automatic alliance, or bond between the two of us."

Colby Donaldson, the survivor best known for allowing a bond to break his chance for a million dollars, is here, albeit without the optimism he had in Australia.

"I can tell in my preparation for the game where my mind is. And it's not on winning. I don't know why," says Donaldson. "Maybe I shouldn't be here. But I'm here to have a good time and play the game I love."

Perhaps he’s just downplaying the dominance he brought to nearly every challenge in the outback.

“I had a good run last time in the challenges. Well, things are a little different pertaining to that," says Donaldson. "Physically, I'm not nearly in the place I was the first time. I'm not in the kind of shape I was in."

Showing no shame with her physique, Jenna Morasca gave contestants an eyeful before she won “Survivor: Amazon.”

Back then, she said, "I'd take off my clothes for chocolate and peanut butter." And she did. So is nudity part of her strategy this time around?

Setting the record straight she says, “It definitely wasn't part of my strategy last time. I was just hungry. If it comes down to food, I'll do anything. But it's definitely not a strategy. That's part of Richard's strategy. He's the naked one."

Should viewers expect that? “I've already dropped out," says Hatch. "It's one of those things I just don't care about I mean it's become an issue. I don't know why."

That would be a yes.

Shii Ann Huang's clothes will stay on, but says her horns may be coming off.

“I'm going to be the she-angel this time. But you know, I'm saying this as I'm full, and I'm relaxed, and I have my hair brushed and everything," says Huang.

Aside from Huang, the Mogo Mogo tribe has the highest concentration of survivor achievers. So how well will this tribe to watch be watching out for one another?

"I do have to watch all of them. I have to watch and see how they've adapted," says Hatch. "They've all played a particular way. They all think they know how to play. And so I have to watch how they come into the ‘All-Star’ version and apply what they think they know."

"After getting to know somebody outside the game, you'll think you can predict them. But when you're out there uh-uh. People change," says Varick O'Brien.

"We all signed on the dotted line," adds Van Den Berghe. "It's all going to get pretty personal, and kind of brutal out here."

And Morasca says, ”We all have a little preconceived notion of what we think of each other. That's what sucks about having an ‘All-Star.’ But that's what also makes it. It's going to be a fantastic season, that's for sure. It's going to be sucky for us. It's going to be great for the viewers.

What would also be great for the viewers is if some of the off-camera drama that's unfolded in the lives of the contestants can find its way into the show.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/26/earlyshow/series/survivor/main595953.shtml

You can view the video at this address too.


Mocha
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12-03-2003

Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Essence. Hmmmm...