Interview With Max McFarland
Sept 6, 2019 12:06:45 GMT -5
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Post by multiyapples on Sept 6, 2019 12:06:45 GMT -5
Due to us not being on at the same time I sent him all my questions at once.
Tristan: Who do you still keep in contact with from Endurance? Is there anyone you wish you still kept in touch with? What are you doing and where are you living now? If you could do Endurance again, would you? Is there anything you would change if you did it again? How did you feel about the way you were portrayed on the show? Was it accurate or not?
How did you find out about Endurance? Are there any non-invasive ways fans from the show can get in touch with you?
Did you ever get so say goodbye to the contestants after you or they were eliminated?
What was your favorite mission?
What was JD and the cast like behind the scenes? What's your favorite behind the scene moment? How long did y'all have to prepare for each mission?
Max: I honestly don’t keep in touch with anyone from the show consistently, or even inconsistently for that matter. It’s not that I’m opposed to it, it’s just that we spent, you know, perhaps a couple of weeks together 13 years ago. There were a couple of reunions in the years following the show. I attended one of them. That was fun. If I kept in contact with anyone consistently it was Dakota, we had a pretty strong friendship following the show.
I have done a good deal of traveling overseas the past few years. Doing the whole self discovery thing. It has been quite profitable. I wound up back in Kansas City (where I’m from) where I serve tables, am working on a new album, and becoming fairly dedicated to a meditation practice. I want to liberate myself from my misconceptions, develop a deeper understanding of myself and the world, and to master my energy. Ninja-esk. I think it would be strange to do endurance again, as a 27 year old. If you had asked when I was 15 (the year following the filming of season 5). That’s because I grew literally a half foot in the year following, and I imagine that would have made me more competitive. Not simply in the athletic challenges, but also as I would have probably been seen as a more viable competitor within the politics of the other competitors and therefore also may have been made more central to the storyline of the episodes. I say this to allude to your other question: “how did you feel about the way you were portrayed?”
I feel that I was portrayed accurately, but watching the show is a completely different perspective than living it. When the events and going-ons of 2 full days of experience get reduced to a single 30 minute episode depicting the totality of, say, 12 contestants’ experience—it is not hard to imagine that the producers are going to cut a substantial amount of material in order to sculpt the sense of a storyline, which may have transpired completely beyond the awareness of some of the contestants. I found out about the show by watching it on TV on summer mornings. The most memorable behind the scenes moment for me was when half the cast went running through a field and accidentally ran over a fallen beehive. Perhaps 50 or 60 stings were visited upon us collectively. Some people received as many as perhaps 9 or 10.
The best way for fans to stay in touch would be to stay tuned to my upcoming music and writing! I will be going by Cat Rivers for the foreseeable future, and will begin unveiling that material fairly soon.
When you are eliminated at temple they take you immediately to a vehicle which carts you back to civilization. I was not allowed to say goodbye to the other contestants, and I imagine that’s how it went for everyone else.
JD didn’t really hang out if we weren’t filming, so I can’t tell you about his character behind the scenes. He seems like a reasonably nice, hard working man.
Thank you Max for the interview.
Tristan: Who do you still keep in contact with from Endurance? Is there anyone you wish you still kept in touch with? What are you doing and where are you living now? If you could do Endurance again, would you? Is there anything you would change if you did it again? How did you feel about the way you were portrayed on the show? Was it accurate or not?
How did you find out about Endurance? Are there any non-invasive ways fans from the show can get in touch with you?
Did you ever get so say goodbye to the contestants after you or they were eliminated?
What was your favorite mission?
What was JD and the cast like behind the scenes? What's your favorite behind the scene moment? How long did y'all have to prepare for each mission?
Max: I honestly don’t keep in touch with anyone from the show consistently, or even inconsistently for that matter. It’s not that I’m opposed to it, it’s just that we spent, you know, perhaps a couple of weeks together 13 years ago. There were a couple of reunions in the years following the show. I attended one of them. That was fun. If I kept in contact with anyone consistently it was Dakota, we had a pretty strong friendship following the show.
I have done a good deal of traveling overseas the past few years. Doing the whole self discovery thing. It has been quite profitable. I wound up back in Kansas City (where I’m from) where I serve tables, am working on a new album, and becoming fairly dedicated to a meditation practice. I want to liberate myself from my misconceptions, develop a deeper understanding of myself and the world, and to master my energy. Ninja-esk. I think it would be strange to do endurance again, as a 27 year old. If you had asked when I was 15 (the year following the filming of season 5). That’s because I grew literally a half foot in the year following, and I imagine that would have made me more competitive. Not simply in the athletic challenges, but also as I would have probably been seen as a more viable competitor within the politics of the other competitors and therefore also may have been made more central to the storyline of the episodes. I say this to allude to your other question: “how did you feel about the way you were portrayed?”
I feel that I was portrayed accurately, but watching the show is a completely different perspective than living it. When the events and going-ons of 2 full days of experience get reduced to a single 30 minute episode depicting the totality of, say, 12 contestants’ experience—it is not hard to imagine that the producers are going to cut a substantial amount of material in order to sculpt the sense of a storyline, which may have transpired completely beyond the awareness of some of the contestants. I found out about the show by watching it on TV on summer mornings. The most memorable behind the scenes moment for me was when half the cast went running through a field and accidentally ran over a fallen beehive. Perhaps 50 or 60 stings were visited upon us collectively. Some people received as many as perhaps 9 or 10.
The best way for fans to stay in touch would be to stay tuned to my upcoming music and writing! I will be going by Cat Rivers for the foreseeable future, and will begin unveiling that material fairly soon.
When you are eliminated at temple they take you immediately to a vehicle which carts you back to civilization. I was not allowed to say goodbye to the other contestants, and I imagine that’s how it went for everyone else.
JD didn’t really hang out if we weren’t filming, so I can’t tell you about his character behind the scenes. He seems like a reasonably nice, hard working man.
Thank you Max for the interview.
