Blog: ‘Survivor’ & ‘Honey Boy’
Well isn’t this quite a time to be alive.
We’ve all been there saying, “I wish I had more time to do this, I wish I had more time to do that.” And what do you know, it seems that now we have all the time in the world to do those things but unfortunately, the circumstances aren’t exactly ideal. I came across a post recently where someone on Instagram mentioned that it seems silly to care about what celebrities are doing or discussing all the content we’ve been bingeing and creating. In a way, I agree. But I also think you have to look at these “silly” things as escapism. So if continuing to talk about movies and TV is what’s going to keep me sane and distracted, well shoot, that’s exactly what I’m going to do.
I fell into a deep, deep Survivor hole. You couldn’t get me to watch anything else y’all. I was devoted. I used to watch this show religiously as a kid until Season 22 when they introduced the concept of Redemption Island and I was NOT about it. I was salty that people didn’t get sent home after they were voted out; that’s how the show worked for the past 21 seasons. I was so salty that I just stopped watching. How stubborn of me. Recently, I saw a commercial about Season 40 taking past winners like the iconic Parvati Shallow, Boston Rob, and Sandra and having them compete against each other for a whopping $2 million dollars. It was like a fire got lit under my booty and I wanted to watch everything I missed so I could keep up with the current season. I even paid for a CBS subscription and auditioned for the dang show! I really forgot how much love I had for Survivor.
If you know me, then you know how competitive I am. I love utilizing my athleticism and I love competition. I think that’s one reason I love this show so much and why it is my new life goal to make it on this show. Call it a pipe dream if you want, but I think I’d be damn good on Survivor! But it’s not just about athleticism. As Jeff Probst says, it’s a game of social politics. The players (well, most) are strategic, charming and cunning. It’s hard to not become invested once you start watching.
My binge-watching is more of a sprint and not a marathon. You know what I mean? If I’m bingeing a show, I usually won’t take breaks to watch anything else. I have to completely finish watching it entirely before I’ll move on to a new show or movie. I can’t help it. Once I’m in it, I’m in it man. So once I caught up to the current season of Survivor, I finally got around to Tiger King and Honey Boy. I also watched Drive. You know, that one from 2011 with a moody and broody Ryan Gosling? I still don’t know how I feel about that one…
Honey Boy was absolutely worth a watch. If you haven’t heard, Shia LaBeouf wrote the screenplay while he was in a 10-week rehab program where he discovered he has PTSD. The movie is about his childhood- growing up as a child actor living with his abusive father. And that’s not the craziest part about this film. The craziest part is that Shia LaBeouf plays his own father in Honey Boy. Did you catch that? He plays his own father! If that’s not balls-to-the-wall ballsy then I don’t know what is. I know Shia LaBeouf has had a rough go in recent years and we’ve all judged him for being this crazy dude but this movie gives you insight as to why. Honestly, this movie is brilliant and captivating. And it’s free to watch on Amazon Prime Video *hint hint*.
I have a lot of mixed thoughts about Tiger King but honestly, that’s a whole other article for another day. So for now, you can check out Survivor on Hulu and/or CBS and watch Honey Boy on Amazon Prime Video. Cheers!
