“Survivor: Redemption Island” brings new format, familiar contestants
Survivor is back! And it’s twistier than ever! Premiering tomorrow, Feb. 16 (8pm ET/PT on CBS), Survivor: Redemption Island will allow a voted-out player to return to the game (in a much cooler way than Lillian and Burton’s ill-received return from the dead in the Pearl Islands season), and brings back two former contestants to compete for the billionth time. In discussing the upcoming season with the media, executive producer Mark Burnett described Survivor as a “morality play” and alluded quite a bit to Joseph Campbell’s themes of redemption and resurrection. (If you’ve never read Joseph Campbell’s work, you should […]