{"id":159,"date":"2001-07-26T03:09:00","date_gmt":"2001-07-26T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=159"},"modified":"2021-05-16T03:12:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T07:12:41","slug":"murder-in-small-town-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2001\/07\/26\/murder-in-small-town-x\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Murder in Small Town X<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/tvbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\" \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; I usually stay far away from so-called reality TV, but I checked out Fox&#8217;s <i>Murder in Small Town X<\/I> anyway. I have to say I was completely won over. Sure, the killer seems to be awfully accomodating (responding to questions by e-mail and deliverng clues like clockwork [and if the murder was shot on 16mm film, why does it look just like the zero Lux stuff I can shoot with my Sony camcorder?]). And, sure, it has the CBS-patented hokey gimmick of voting people off. But at least it has the distraction of an intriguing mystery. I also like the fact that one of the two people voted off each week gets to come back, as ticked off as a wet cat, to stir things up later on.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Regardless, it&#8217;s still fun to guess who, out of the fifteen suspects, the killer might be. [My guess is the Reverend. Not because he has any kind of motive, but just because it seems the kind of religion-bashing that Fox might think is scandalously cutting edge.] At least focussing on a mystery beats watching a bunch of whiney twenty-somethings. My only fear is that as the number of suspects and investigators decreases, the show will indeed devolve into studying the contestants&#8217; &#8220;personalities&#8221;. So far, though, I think I might be hooked.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; P.S.: I still can&#8217;t get over, though, how terrified the contestants looked when they had to go outside and possibly meet the killer. I mean, come on, the locations are sets and the suspects are actors. How do these people stir themselves up into thinking this is anything more than some dinner-party game? Or do they think looking frightened will look good on their r\u00e9sum\u00e9 tape?<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <b>Update<\/b>: The show&#8217;s winner, Angel Juarbe, a New York fire fighter, is believed to have perished in the rescue attempts following the World Trade Center attack, September 11 2001.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I usually stay far away from so-called reality TV, but I checked out Fox&#8217;s Murder in Small Town X anyway. I have to say I was completely won over. Sure, the killer seems to be awfully accomodating (responding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2001\/07\/26\/murder-in-small-town-x\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}