TMC
01-06-2019, 03:50 AM
...of the numerous shows just like it
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/the-titan-games-isnt-about-bodiesits-about-minds/579454/
"What makes The Titan Games meaningfully different from its wide collection of predecessors and competitors," says Megan Garber, "is its central god-maker: The show is hosted by Dwayne Johnson, The Rock—'DJ,' the show’s co-hosts call him—who functions at once as a master of ceremonies, a mentor to the contestants, and a behind-the-scenes executive producer. The show’s Thursday premiere repeatedly emphasized the idea that Johnson designed the Titan challenges himself, based on his own intensive workouts: The path to Titanhood, here, is to follow in the footsteps of the original deity. The show’s infusive reliance on Johnson, a polymathic performer whose legendary charisma seems always to be in beast mode, makes The Titan Games compelling almost in spite of itself."
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/the-titan-games-isnt-about-bodiesits-about-minds/579454/
"What makes The Titan Games meaningfully different from its wide collection of predecessors and competitors," says Megan Garber, "is its central god-maker: The show is hosted by Dwayne Johnson, The Rock—'DJ,' the show’s co-hosts call him—who functions at once as a master of ceremonies, a mentor to the contestants, and a behind-the-scenes executive producer. The show’s Thursday premiere repeatedly emphasized the idea that Johnson designed the Titan challenges himself, based on his own intensive workouts: The path to Titanhood, here, is to follow in the footsteps of the original deity. The show’s infusive reliance on Johnson, a polymathic performer whose legendary charisma seems always to be in beast mode, makes The Titan Games compelling almost in spite of itself."