While watching the The Bachelor Season 15, Episode #3 a few things occurred to me. For one thing, this show is complete and utter manipulated and overproduced smelly garbage.
But.. it does have some progressive messages about love and dating.
For one thing this show promotes polyamory. It's not even an argument.
We even saw Brad's TV therapist come and tell him it was completely natural for him to have feelings for multiple women and even more natural to make out with all of them if he wanted to.
The show is also a great lesson on jealousy. These women have a total right to be stark raving mad jealous, since they're willingly dating the same guy. During a group date he even openly tells one of the girls that he wants to get to know her better, while the other girls squirm in their chairs.
The only complete contradiction to the bachelor experience is when Brad says he's never cheated on a women, meanwhile he makes out with 6 different girls in every episode.
Yet when these women come to Brad sobbing, big jealous tears dripping down their TV-ready face, Brad essentially tells them to go with the process of the show and continue being open and honest with him and not let jealousy get in the way of them getting to know each other better.
Imagine dating with less jealousy and more love and acceptance of the nature of relationships? Wouldn't that be wonderful? Brad is not a smart man, but he's promoting some advanced relationship ideas and I for one applaud him.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Emily Maynard: A PWD
If you have any doubt that producer's don't 100% manipulate reality TV shows, look no further than the second episode of The Bachelor this week. How many times did we the audience here about Bachelor contestant Emily's Maynard's story about finding out she was pregnant a week after the love of her life died in a plane c rash?
Well let's count. Considering there's only been two episodes in total. The tragic love story has probably been told over 5 times. The intense repetition brings us so close to the story that by the time Emily actually reveals the story to Brad (The Bachelor), the audience feels as though they too lost the love's of their lives in a plane crash. And hey, perhaps some audience members have, but statistically speaking most have not.
They featured the story at the beginning of first episode, then throughout that episode about two more times. In the second episode, with teary eyes, Emily tells her fellow contestants the story again. This scene is referred to as a PWDS, or Producer's Wet Dream Scene #1. The PWDS #2 was when she revealed the story to Brad.
So knowing this and considering all the one-on-one dates the Bachelor goes on, is it any wonder why show producers would organize his date with Emily to include a private jet ride?
It's cruel, but a terrific story element. We know why she's nervous, but Brad doesn't. Brilliant build-up for the reveal to Brad.
The upside is that if she's anything like she comes across on TV (a cute southern bell who’s down to earth but lacking of self-awareness), she probably didn't even see the connection.
And if she doesn’t figure it out and instead thinks it was just gosh darn coincidence that she ended up on the date involving a small plane, when then gee whiz them producers did some golly good casting.
“Golly that’s a strange coincidence!” She may think."Out of all the dates Brad get's to go on, he chooses one that involves a plane ride without even knowing my story. This is fate. and I'm going to make-out with him."
And then she did. And it was a great PWDS #3 for the second episode of the Bachelor.
Well let's count. Considering there's only been two episodes in total. The tragic love story has probably been told over 5 times. The intense repetition brings us so close to the story that by the time Emily actually reveals the story to Brad (The Bachelor), the audience feels as though they too lost the love's of their lives in a plane crash. And hey, perhaps some audience members have, but statistically speaking most have not.
They featured the story at the beginning of first episode, then throughout that episode about two more times. In the second episode, with teary eyes, Emily tells her fellow contestants the story again. This scene is referred to as a PWDS, or Producer's Wet Dream Scene #1. The PWDS #2 was when she revealed the story to Brad.
So knowing this and considering all the one-on-one dates the Bachelor goes on, is it any wonder why show producers would organize his date with Emily to include a private jet ride?
It's cruel, but a terrific story element. We know why she's nervous, but Brad doesn't. Brilliant build-up for the reveal to Brad.
The upside is that if she's anything like she comes across on TV (a cute southern bell who’s down to earth but lacking of self-awareness), she probably didn't even see the connection.
And if she doesn’t figure it out and instead thinks it was just gosh darn coincidence that she ended up on the date involving a small plane, when then gee whiz them producers did some golly good casting.
“Golly that’s a strange coincidence!” She may think."Out of all the dates Brad get's to go on, he chooses one that involves a plane ride without even knowing my story. This is fate. and I'm going to make-out with him."
And then she did. And it was a great PWDS #3 for the second episode of the Bachelor.
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