Love is Blind - Different Gendered Perspectives

I don't watch reality TV anymore - not because I don't enjoy the mess, but because these show are getting filled with more filler than a season of DBZ. Also I don't have Netflix anymore and I don't want to reup a subscription for some hot garbage, even if it's fun hot garbage.

What I do watch, though, are 2-4 hour recaps of messy reality TV on YouTube. They're easy to put on while I do something else, because - say the line with me Bart - I have ADHD!

There are a few YouTubers I subscribe to for this sort of commentary, with the main duo being Sixteenleo and Kennie J.D. And what I've noticed watching recaps of the same show through both channels has lead to something interesting I've noticed. Maybe. I dunno here are my thoughts though.

The recap in question is of Love is Blind, a very stupid show with a very silly premise. That premise doesn't really matter here - the main point is that it's a romance show where people argue and fight and other reality TV stuff.

Anyways, what's funny about watching a recap from one and then the other is that whether love is blind or not, love is definitely gendered (within the context of reality TV, hang on let me cook).

When I watched Kennie J.D.'s recap of Love is Blind I got one side of the story, with a charitable view of the women on the show, and their shitty actions. When I watched Sixteenleo's recap of Love is Blind I got the other side of the story, with a charitable view of the men on the show, and their shitty actions.

Once I got both sides, I ended up receiving a more complete picture of what the people on the show were like and how they acted that I didn't initially get. I watched Kennie's recap first, and thought I understood what the season was like. But then after watching Sixteenleo's, I found out about some shocking stuff that wasn't in Kennie's edit!

Reality TV is already skewed, right? We're looking at a highly-curated edited version of events that happened. A YouTube recap is like Reality TV to the
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power. It's a cut of a cut, even more distilled to tell a story. The reality (heh) is that the only way I can get the "true" story is by watching the show itself - but I don't wanna!!!

Anyways just a random thought. The point is that straight people aren't all right and I'm never spending more than $10 on a streaming service.