The first episode of season 22 of the Bachelor aired on January 1, 2018. The Bachelor is a TV shows on ABC and is about 29 women on the show "competing" for the bachelor who is Arie Luyendyk Jr. The women compete for the man and he is trying to find "the one"... on national television. They say it is a reality TV show. When it has scripts and created speeches, just not as many as other channels. They say they are looking for love when they just want to be on TV. I'm sure some of them are looking for love when they go on, but there are a bunch of cameras when you go on a date. Your love life is put on live television, while you are looking for the love of your life. It's just a very fake show. They say they have chemistry with people after talking to them for 30 seconds. It's unrealistic and you likely aren't going to meet someone you meet on TV.
The show is also extremely not diverse. This show features tall women with long hair. 20 out of the 29 contestants were caucasian. Last year was the first time there have been a person of color as the bachelorette. There have been no people of color as the bachelor.
This show appeals to our need to satisfy
curiosity. People keep watching so to see who wins. They want to see who he
will pick at the end. They also keep you watching to stays at the end of the
episode.
Almost everything we see on television or in the media is scripted; there is no such thing as “reality” any more when it comes to reality tv shows. Even the news, which is supposed to broadcast true events that are going on in the world, is no longer completely accurate due to the opinionated scripts that are being created. We live in a world that is surrounded by fake, scripted media, yet we still somehow allow ourselves to be influenced by it. Just like you said, this type of “reality” is completely unrealistic.
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