The 14th season of The Amazing Race is dwindling down to the final remaining teams, and as tensions grow, so do the assy tendencies of Luke, the show’s first deaf contestant and seventeenth intolerable one. Throughout the season, Luke has been less than sportsmanlike (U-turning a team when not necessary, smack talking other teams, just being generally hyper-competitive), causing nice-guy contestant Mike White to label him “The Sinister Deaf Kid.”
Sinister is a nice way of putting it. On last night’s episode, Margie and Luke got into a heated argument with sister team Keisha and Jen after Luke body-checked Jen by a clue box, throwing a decidedly flamboyant elbow into the poor girl’s face. Jen, in response, called him a “bitch.” Worse words have clearly been said about Luke; frankly, “Bitch” was putting it nicely. But before you can sign “You are team number… 1″ with your hypnotically expressive eyebrows, Luke attacks Jen yet again by another clue box! This time pushing her directly into the box itself. And then… the the following pit stop argument took place. Infuriating is putting it lightly:
Ahead, my take on the situation…
A couple of things to note:
1. The whole reason Luke claims to have gone on this race is so that he could be treated like a normal person, and not just someone who is impaired. He wanted to prove that he is as able to perform the tasks as anyone else. Well, little word to Luke: Most people, disabilities aside, do not act like a**holes. (On second thought, a lot of people act like a**holes, but forget that for a second.) Rarely has any Amazing Racer gotten physical with someone else in a challenge. So deaf or not deaf, you are, in fact, a bitch.
2. While I can understand Margie staunchly defending her son, her twisting of the story is pretty despicable. Keisha and Jen, dare I say, actually acted like LADIES on the mat. They did their best not to throw a tantrum, and their smiling in Margie’s face was called for. “You should understand because you’re black”?!?!?!?! STFUUUUU MARGIE. It should not be wrong to laugh at Luke, not because he is deaf, but because he is ridiculous.
3. Considering how The Amazing Race penalizes people (people = midgets, in this case) for various race f**kery (using personal items to pay tabs; sabotaging other teams), shouldn’t PUSHING ANOTHER PLAYER and throwing an elbow be cause for some sort of penalty? Forget even the rules of the show… imagine the DRAMZ. (I’m salivating as I type.) (ps RIP Tiny Guys, you were fun, and you loved Thai trannies.)
4. As my pal Ben put it: Karma Duck is a gift from God. If it wasn’t for Karma Duck biting that idiot’s hand during the challenge, the episode would have been without its usual pleasures. So thank you, Chinese Fish Retrieving Duck. Thank you for making the show enjoyable again.
5. Some of you might be Team Margie and Luke. And that’s fine. But there’s just something about them that skeeves.
OK guys, let’s debate who was in the right and wrong in the comments. And, as always, feel free to call us, Philly Kay-Kay.
