The revealing and disturbing story of America, told through twenty 20 years of reality dating shows

What has watching shows like “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?,” “The Bachelor” and “Flavor of Love” done to our culture?  It’s not pretty.

– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

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The revealing and disturbing story of America as told through twenty years of reality dating television shows.

With many of us streaming our brains out, from the Washington Post comes a critical review of reality television dating shows.

Sometimes, these series are surprisingly hopeful, but mostly they are disturbing.

Some series promote fairy tale grade endings.

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And others look to mostly be about wanting to get lucky.

A key problem is where is the line between watching for camp entertainment versus why people bother watching in the first place?

Accordingly, this Washington Post piece is a thoughtful piece worth reading, especially as compared to watching or streaming at least 95% if the available video even if at times it is as scary as watching a better horror movie all by oneself on a dark and stormy night.

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