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1. Slide 1 · title

   Survivor — Survive the game

2. Slide 2 · statement

   Contestants appear to survive the environment — but the game is decided by social strategy.

3. Slide 3 · points

   Format knowledge

   • Tribes, rewards and immunity
   • Alliances — and betrayal
   • Voting at Tribal Council (a ritual)
   • Confessionals supply motive and narrative
   • A repeatable, licensable format
4. Slide 4 · compare

   Why it matters

   • Text: Ritual elimination, Winner's edit
   • Audience: Predicting the vote, Reading the edit
   • Industry: Risk-reducing format, Global adaptation
5. Slide 5 · statement

   Ritual makes novelty manageable. (Casts and locations change; the shape of the ending doesn't)

6. Slide 6 · twocol

   Its implied viewer: the decoder

   • Tracks coalitions and motives
   • Predicts the vote
   • Reads confessionals and winner clues

   Identity offer: “I understand the social game — and can read the edit better than a casual viewer.”

7. Slide 7 · question

   Discuss: Is Survivor a survival show — or a social game wearing survival's clothes?