August 30, 2005
thoughts from TV-land I
ok, so i have never actually seen an episode of the Bachelor, but i canæt avoid the commercials for it... and the latest commercial is trying to get people excited about the final episode of season seven, and it struck me as somewhat odd. there is this guy (the bachelor) who is talking - with tears in his eyes, mind you - about how he never realized how hard this show was going to be, and how he is in love with both girls and doesn't know what to do. i mean, we're expected to be very sympathetic towards this good-looking guy (how else would he be on this program?) who is so torn between these two women, who he has gotten to know through this competition/program/whatever. and we're supposed to believe him that he is totally in love with both of these girls. i'm sorry, i don't buy in to that. i mean, it's not like i don't believe in love at first sight, or love that grows very quickly ( ;) ) but this guy is claiming that he has fallen in love with two people at the same time.
i'm not entirely certain what my definition of love is, but i'm pretty sure that there isn't room for two people in it - i mean, being in love, truly, with two people at once. so either this guy has a very strange definition of love, or, he's talking shit to be on TV. the latter option is quite possible, i mean, the pressure to make good TV is substantial. however, if this is the case...well, i guess i just feel sad for the guy.
Posted by lara at August 30, 2005 03:31 PM
