Originally Posted by Stockingfiller:
“Soon there'll be no other women left in the jungle except Scarlett, which will give her even more airtime. She'll then be the plucky little thing amongst all the men, braving staring at a spider, or scaring a crocodile.
All presenters will literally fall over, foaming at the mouth, in their efforts to marvel at how Scarlett stared at a spider for two minutes until the spider ran away, terrified that it might have to listen to a repeat of the biscuit saga.
Scarlett will win a biscuit for everyone left in camp. Some of the campmates will weep with gratitude and will say that she should win, is the only one worthy, plucky etc. One might not, saying, " I forgot to read the script before we came in".”
The irony being that she is literally as far from a plucky underdog as you can get. If anything it's actually Martin who's been the plucky underdog, almost ostracised from the group in the first two days, constantly ridiculed when doing the trials, and having his head bitten off for making harmless suggestions. Scarlett was treated as the best thing since sliced bread the moment she walked in. Danny's immediate fawning over her was particularly embarrassing. He practically had to be held back from kissing her feet. And for what? If she had any semblance of a quick wit, or extraordinary kindness, or just
anything I might get it. But she's just a cardboard cut out of the "down to earth, reality lass" persona we have seen hundreds of times before. Where everything she's says is the hight of hilarity because it's delivered in a "down to earth" northern accent.