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October 13, 2005
Pride Goes Before a Fall
I watched the first season of The Apprentice religiously; since then however I have been only a sporadic viewer. Nonetheless I caught the last couple episodes of The Apprentice 4 and have been mildly entertained. One thing that The Apprentice always has is an antagonist; in Season 1 it was easily Oma Rosa (Sam was a little annoying, but nothing like OR). In the current apprentice a girl named Toral is a champ in this role. This is actually great casting on the part of Don and Mark Burnett. Having a person that people "Love to Hate" is good for ratings and leaves us all with a satisfied happy feeling when said person is fired.
So let's take a closer look at Toral. Despite excellent professional creds, Toral will never be a great leader. Why? She has incredibly narrow vision and seems wholly incapable of seeing the value of individuals in a diverse group. Sure, the other contestants are very different, and many would make poor investment bankers; but that just means they have different skill sets; it does not make them imbeciles as Toral seemed to insinuate. In addition her arrogance on the show was unparalleled, making her wildly ineffective in dealing with people outside her educational-professional demographic. Of course it was also evident that she could never laugh at herself or worst of all, get her hands dirty.
I am confident that Toral will have a successful career in financial terms and I wish her well (despite exorbitant glee when she was fired directly, without the typical "Choose Two People" protocol). For now though our faith in The Don has been restored, and we can get on with determining who the next Apprentice will be without worrying about those who never had a chance.
Posted by harris at October 13, 2005 10:25 PM
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Can your blogs be any more boring?! Snore. HAha....Anyway, yes, I too watched the first season but have since slacked off. I havent been interested since but maybe will give it a try to check this new girl out. (And "Don's" hair)(It always makes me feel better about myself)
Posted by: HotEm at October 16, 2005 06:10 PM