reality blurred + Stephen Fishbach: my “goofy, benign demeanor” is “going to serve me very well”
February 6th, 2009 | by cwalton |
Stephen Fishbach during the first episode of SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS- THE BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS
Quoting from reality blurred + Stephen Fishbach: my “goofy, benign demeanor” is “going to serve me very well”
Stephen worried that he may have been “coming off as too geeky” in front of the other contestants, and the Yale-educated corporate speechwriter and marketing consultant also fears he might run up against the other contestants’ “anti-Ivy bias” and “anti-elitist” sentiments, although Stephen said his job “seems like such an unimpressive job that I’m definitely going to mention it.” He does sound somewhat academic and is obviously smart, but there’s no arrogance or elitism at all, and that’s part of what makes him so engaging.
He’s also straightforward and seems incapable of being fake, and honesty is part of that. “I’ve always thought that people who went on reality shows were idiots, because you have no control over your own image,” Stephen said. “And I’m obviously afraid of that; I’m sure everyone’s afraid of that.” He cited the part of the contract that “even explicitly says they can make you look stupid if they want, which is kind of incredible that they include that line.”
So why did he sign such a contract? Stephen was “recruited a week before the final round” when someone who worked in casting (who knew him when they were kids) saw his picture on Facebook and said “we need his type,” Stephen said. Although he initially thought “absolutely not” and simply “went through with it on a lark,” the “opportunity it presented” was something he “couldn’t possibly turn down.”
Read the entire article at:
http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/survivor_tocantins/2009_Feb_05_stephen_fishbach
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