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TAR 32 EPISODE 2 Live Show Updates & Commentary 10/21/20 9PM

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Alenaveda:
Maybe they could have recycled some of the tasks performed in the three TARLA visits to the city.

TARUSAFan:
The Good:

First of all, thank you to the editors form bringing back the nostalgic TAR editing! Team reactions at the Pit Stop.

Yield is back! Hooray, but that extra bit of gamble in choosing either 10 or 20 is a strategic move that each team has to make.
How far will you go to get an advantage to slow down or potentially screw another team? It also risked them from getting on the 1st batch or the 2nd batch. Not only did they bring back the Yield, they spiced it up.
Kudos to the entire TAR Production Team for constantly innovating and surprising us fans

The Bad:

No Detour!!!
Lack of culturally-relevant tasks. Colombian culture is a colorful one. They could have dived deeper.
The truck decorating task is quite bland but it did give enough drama and suspense.
This is the 1st time they're coming to Bogota, the 2nd time, they're visiting Colombia, I expected more.


The Verdict:

Lackluster tasks and poor leg design in a great city, Bogota had so much potential as Colombian culture has so much to offer.
Cast, Editing and errors on part of the teams saved the episode.

Bummed that Kellie & LaVonne were eliminated. I predicted them Top 5. Screwed over by taxi issues.
It was shocking, didn't expect them to be eliminated at 10th.

Second episode in, I already have my Race favorites: Michelle & Victoria, Hung & Chee, Gary & DeAngelo and Kellie & LaVonne

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On another note, Bogota is stunning!!! A high-altitude capital. The Pit Stop should have been at Santamaría Bullring
A former middle school classmate of mine went to Bogota & Medellin last year and called it one of the best cities he has visited in South America. The pictures he posted don't do justice, he said that you need to go there to just take it in.
Much has changed from what Hollywood movies have projected and depicted Colombia.
I'm glad the Race has showed Colombia on a different light with S.28 and S.32

georgiapeach:
Inside a Circus Tent and in a Truck Park was really all we got to see of Bogata? Could have been anywhere.

Missed opportunity for sure to show us the city, the culture.

BUT we did get to see the teams strategizing a bit which was good.

Darn.

TARUSAFan:
Per research, here's an interesting read about circus in Colombia, which Phil did not thoroughly explain.
Quoted the entire article + provided link below

https://colombiareports.com/the-circus-alive-and-well-in-colombia/


--- Quote ---A study by the Ministry of Culture has revealed the rich variety of Colombia’s booming circus industry, reported newspaper El Tiemp Wednedsay.

The ministry’s study found not only that there are between 400 and 500 circuses in Colombia, but that many of them are becoming spaces for vulnerable young people to find employment and training opportunities. (Click here to view a chart of Colombia’s circuses).

Each type of circus has a different situation. Many of them are nomadic groups consisting of small families that charge between 2,700 and 11,000 pesos for admission, with some even exchanging tickets for food, said researcher and circus performer John David Villa. These circuses are mainly located on the Atlantic coast and in the Antioquia department, generally moving about every two weeks and putting on about 237 shows a year. These groups generally use ticket income to rent their tents and to purchase the ingredients for the famous caramel apples sold during their shows.

Circuses using animal performers are decreasing, according to anthropologist Javier Pinzon, who traveled the country gathering information on groups like the Dominguez family circus, which was founded in 1910. “There are still two [circuses] that still have lions, but in most there are dogs, canaries, and a reggaeton-dancing donkey,” he said.

Most circus performers are young, usually between 18 and 35, but they support elderly family members whose “old age ends next to the tent,” said Villa, often due to a lack of health insurance and the “occupational hazards” of life on the road.

It’s a stark contrast from the contemporary circus style of the famous Cirque du Soleil, which has left the traveling tent behind and consists of artists with academic and technical training.

Another growing phenomenon in Colombia is the “social circus,” groups that have an infrastructure and faculty dedicated to providing training opportunities to disadvantaged youths. One example is the Circus for All Foundation in Cali, which according to Ministry of Culture adviser Manuel Jose Alvarez has trained 86 boys, many of whom now work in circuses abroad,.

The Ministry of Culture hopes that Colombian circuses will join the wave of successful circuses throughout Latin America. In 2012 it will give the Circus for All Foundation enough support to train another 70 students, and it will also provide funds to the Ibero-American Circus, which will perform this year during the Festival Iberoamericano in Bogota.
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RachelLeVega:
Ahh, I wish Phil mentioned something about the circus culture. Outsiders don't really see the correlation.

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