PITHIEST COMMENT OF THE NIGHT: "This is like Sesame Street on crack!" (I mean Bushmen sucking on the tiny head of things is kind of like that bad press that "Elmo" got, right? What -- too soon for a Mr. Clash reference?)
HOW DO THEY DO THAT? BEHIND-THE- SCENES REQUEST: Producers -- did you make the Bushwomen put on all those matching burlap sacks to avert any more controversy this season? (I'm sure those who freaked out last week might have gone ballistic over some nip-slips. What -- too soon for a Ms. Jackson reference?)
IMAGE I WON'T SOON FORGET: That Botswanan landing strip for the tiny plane made me think of that Jim Jones cult documentary I had seen -- even if it is an ocean away from Jonestown, Guyana on a different continent. (At least this had a happier ending. What -- too soon for a Mr. Jones reference?)
LET ME JUST SAY THIS: It's apparently not too soon for the apology that was offered (although I'm still a little surprised at the still-open-wounds it references) ... "Parts of last Sunday's episode, filmed in Vietnam, were insensitive to a group that is very important to us: our nation's veterans. We want to apologize to veterans -- particularly those who served in Vietnam -- as well as to their families and any viewers who were offended by the broadcast. All of us here have the most profound respect for the men and women who fight for our country." If nothing else, I join them in the last sentence.
[evaluate NatGeo's take on scorpions-in-the-mouth here: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/27/why-did-the-bushman-put-a-scorpion-in-his-mouth-on-the-amazing-race/]
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