What is a super popular TV show or movie that you can’t stand?

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The bachelor/bachelorette

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u/ArtsySAHM 28d ago

I just don't understand how this show is still going. HOW?

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u/foul_dwimmerlaik 28d ago

When I was applying for grad school programs I briefly got hooked on it. As part of the interview process you have to be on your game 100% of the time, beaming how smart you are and all your academic accomplishments at other very smart people. After every interview I was just so sick of being smart and wanted to empty out my brain with the peace of idiocy. The Bachelor was perfect for that.

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u/littleakj 27d ago

I actually hung out with one of the guys that helps do the story lines for these shows. He said they pick the biggest train wrecks they can find. He said the more childhood trauma they have, the better. Just add alcohol and the need for fame and you have a show. And he wondered why I didn’t want to go out with him…👀

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u/Ranga_girl 27d ago

Currently watching UnReal which is a drama/dark comedy based upon the behind the scenes of shows like The Bachelor. Makes you wonder how true UnReal is to the real thing.

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u/annamulzz 27d ago

It was co-written by a former Bachelor producer, so I bet a lot is taken from real life.

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u/shelllllo 27d ago

I really liked that show. Completely different than what I usually watch, but interesting.

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u/sluttydrama 27d ago

Unreal was made by two former producers from the show, so I expect there’s a lot of similarities

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u/LadyBonersAweigh 27d ago

Sounds like all reality TV shows. If they were well adjusted people then it wouldn’t be worth watching them go about their lives.

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u/Clockwork_Potato 27d ago

I remember the very first season of Big Brother in the UK, and it was great - it was just like that. They were mostly reasonably normal people, interacting like reasonably decent people - with the bit of an exception of one guy (Nasty Nick) who was more manipulative when it came to getting people to vote the way he wanted. But even he was purely someone playing the game to try to win the money, rather than being a crazy person craving attention or something.

Subsequent seasons just got crazier and crazier (and worse and worse) though.

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u/stinkload 27d ago

I went on a date with a spanish girl that wrote for TV novella (Spanish Soap operas) she was everything I hoped she would not be : damaged, mean, a drama queen, needy and crazy as fuck. She found the perfect job though...

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u/B1TW0LF 27d ago

It's hard to tell if I should feel bad for the contestants who are clearly being manipulated by the producers. Like yeah, they are raging narcissists most of the time, but maybe they are that way because of trouble childhoods or some shit. But I just can't relate to the type of person who agrees to go on a national TV show where they have no control over how they will be portrayed.

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u/iamrobtrev 27d ago

Yeesh. Real finance major vibe. Good at your job and your job is to be scum. Good decision.

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u/Aratar2011 27d ago

I've always thought that would be such a fun job. I might be a bad person, though.

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u/yildizli_gece 27d ago

So, they prey on people vulnerable and in need of help, and then use them for ratings?

And he wondered why he might not be a catch? Sheesh…

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u/DoctorProfessorTaco 27d ago

That’s showbiz baby

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u/IWantToBeTheBoshy 27d ago

Sounds like a sociopath