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My wife and I love the show, but have only been watching the last few years. Our 6 year old son really enjoyed the latest season so we used our Paramount subscription to binge earlier seasons as a family.
We were pretty surprised how mean and nasty the teams used to be towards each other. We're watching S20 and the amount of name calling, making fun of how someone looks, etc. was interesting. Current seasons are much more positive and uplifting.
Does it have something to do with the reality competition craze that was going on in the mid 2000's/early '10's? I know The Amazing Race and Survivor were more closely aligned on CBS at one point , so wondering if that type of competition kept it similar in some ways before eventually diverging into the positive version we see today?
I think there is probably still a lot of trash talk and dislike between teams, but it gets edited out. The longer episodes show just how much time the teams spend together, especially when waiting for the other member to complete a challenge. I think they edit it to make people look friendly because so much of the popularity is driven by social media now.
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