Croc Hunters and Taxi Drivers: Teams Take on Two Frightening Prospects in India on "The Amazing Race"
The twists just keep on coming on this edition of CBS' reality series The Amazing Race . However, this is one twist (unlike the initial double elimination) that I can actually get behind as last-place David and Mary discover that this leg has been a non-elimination round. Unlike previous years, however, David and Mary aren't required to give up their belongings and money for the next leg of the race. Instead, they'll either have to check in at the pit stop in FIRST place or face a 30-minute penalty and possible elimination. I like the switcheroo for a number of reasons: seeing contestants shove on all of their clothing was getting really old and the sight of American competing on a reality show and begging for money from strangers -- poor strangers a lot of the time -- just did not sit right with me at all. Poverty also weighed heavily on the mind of Kimberly, who this week uttered what had to be one of the most disgustingly ethnocentric comments ever to be heard on the Ra