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TAR LIVE STREAMS & COMMENTARY HERE! EP 2 9/28/22 at 930 PM EST on CBS/Paramount!
RaceUntilWeDie:
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on September 29, 2022, 07:04:40 PM ---
--- Quote from: RaceUntilWeDie on September 29, 2022, 03:44:45 PM ---Taking back what I said last week about the cast being underwhelming!
I couldn't put my finger on what was different or off about this cast, and I think I realized it after watching this episode: the teams this time around are the most "regular" or "average" we've had in years IMO (giving shades of TAR 19 or something). Does anyone else feel this way? Almost none of the teams feel like they're camwhoring or playing up to the cameras - I think a lot of these teams are actually more comfortable being themselves in front of the camera instead of typical recruited teams of social media fame who have these "reputations" to protect.
And a lot of them also do not look like supermodels, which is super refreshing for a change. I love seeing Abby being excited to Race, Linton & Sharik's sweet father/daughter storyline, and the twins are pretty self-explanatory. And I don't remember the last time we had such a messy, chaotic individual racer like Dom -- she gives me Rachel Reilly/Flo/Brooke vibes, only she and Dom have not really proven themselves to be too competent thus far...
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I feel like we have a great balance between all the teams' dynamics. Glenda & Lumumba are my favorite team this season so far! And I was slightly impressed by Rex keeping a level head for most of their edit because he is quite an aggressive figure in the NFL world. I guess the Race has a way with taming people even for a moment. Then again, this cast still is reach from our "average" casting selection with high-profile dancers, Rex, and the Big Brother team in the mix.
I did notice in this episode we were getting hyperfocused background stories from the teams who didn't get enough screen time or were brushed over in the Scramble leg so that may have been in play.
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I wouldn’t really call some of the dancers high-profile — within the dance world, sure, but I sometimes look through the Racers’ Instagram accounts and noticed that Mattie barely uses Instagram, which surprised me. Abby and Will post once in a blue moon — it’s just so refreshing once again that the cast isnt full of wannabe influencers/famous people, the ratio is definitely a little lower compared to recent seasons.
Pi:
Did anyone catch how Phil explained the Roadblock, then Derek & Claire started the task, and then there was a confessional of Claire repeating the instructions ("In this task, we had to...")? I hope this BB Diary Room style editing doesn't spill over too much into TAR.
Agreed that this leg was music-heavy, but at least all the challenges were skill-based.
Sad to see T-Rex go, but with no non-eliminations, it has to be someone every week.
RachelLeVega:
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