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SURVIVOR 8 ALL-STARS ~ Well it
took eight versions and more than a hundred
Tribal Councils, but S1's Richard Hatch
finally received his comeuppance. Of
the 18 Survivor All-Stars, he
finished 14th, and by rights was fortunate
not to have been booted first. Richard
Hatch, a million-dollar winner in Borneo,
yet an All-Stars also-ran. |
Okay, okay, so maybe it's hard for us to
defend calling David Letterman's favorite
"fat, naked, gay guy" a Survivor
Hunk, but to leave him off the list would
be an even bigger mistake. For in
Survivor's legendary first season, Richard
Hatch became part of the landscape of
television's hottest show. With
fifty million Americans watching agasp,
Richard's strategy flawlessly unfolded as
he proved himself a deserving winner.
Today a list of
his appearances since Survivor
would fill slate after slate, and yet the
mention of his name continues to evoke
snickers and derision even while
commanding acknowledgement for a job well
done.
Only time will
tell what the future holds in store for
Richard Hatch. Some see him destined
for greatness, others think he'll launch a
new career as a game show emcee, a morbid
few insist he's bound to squander his
winnings and wind up in jail. But
for better or worse one thing is certain:
when it comes to characters like Richard
Hatch, nothing they ever do really comes
as much of a surprise.
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