Is Love Really Blind, Though?
photo courtesy of @loveisblindnetflix Instagram
“It’s not about physical attraction in the long run, it’s about who’s holding your hand on your deathbed,” said one of thirty contestants hoping to get engaged to a stranger within ten days of meeting them and never actually seeing their face.
Sound crazy? That’s because it is. In case you haven’t heard, “Love is Blind” premiered on Netflix in February and we are still struggling to understand how any of this could possibly work out.
If you’re confused, you’re not alone. To put it into simple terms, this show is essentially a bootleg spawn of “The Bachelor” and “Bird Box”, as if either one could get any worse.
Upon watching the first thirty seconds of this series, it became very apparent to us that love, in fact, is not blind, but the Netflix producers might actually be.
The first episode opens with host Nick Lachey (a washed-up reality TV star and Jessica Simpson’s ex, in case you didn’t know him either), announcing to the contestants that they will be choosing someone to marry without ever seeing them. His statement is followed by gasps as if all of the hopeful romantics didn’t choose to be on this show and go through weeks of applications to do so. *Gasp!*
Throughout “Love is Blind,” the host continuously mentions how this is the FIRST TIME an “experiment” like this has ever been done before. Hmmm… we wonder why!
Before the ~blind~ dating begins, some of the contestants share their testimonials. One woman says that she needs to stop “playing games” and find her husband… seems ironic to us because she’s trying to do so by signing up for a literal televised game. Another contestant describes his dream woman as being “in shape and beautiful,” which makes us think that these contestants really don’t understand the premise of the show either.
The cast members frequently reference how in this day and age all anyone cares about are dating apps and looks, despite the fact that the majority of their job descriptions read, “Social Media Creator” or “Personal Trainer.”
At one point, the men and women are commended for not letting “the physical realities of the real world sabotage [their] love lives.” The realities of knowing what your spouse looks like? Ah yes, those.
Okay, okay we know you are just dying to hear about how the actual dating goes. Let us set the scene: The men and women are individually isolated in private pods that resemble some sort of “Star Wars” torture chambers (because that’s definitely a natural way to interact with a future lover). Don’t worry, the women are still wearing ball gowns and drinking wine just to sit by themselves and talk to a wall and the men usually have a guitar somewhere in the vicinity (just for dramatic effect, of course).
Despite the purpose of this entire show, many of the contestants judge one another based on how sexy their voices are. Not to mention, every single member of the cast is clearly very conventionally attractive.
Spoiler alert! Somehow within TEN DAYS (yes, TEN DAYS), several couples get ENGAGED??? No, we can’t comprehend it either and yes, we are just as invested as you.
“Love is Blind” is complete nonsense but the worst thing about it is that we kind of love it. Many marks were missed and the concept of the whole series is laughable... yet, here we are.
I guess a lesson we can all get out of this series is that looks don’t matter, love is blind and we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover…HA SIKE!!
One thing we’ve taken away from “Love is Blind” is that no matter how absurd, reality TV will never fail to hold a special place in our hearts.