The Golden Bachelor is the first reality dating series focused on senior citizens to find love, but how will he fare with his suitors?
The Big Picture Dating shows are notorious for leveraging youth and beauty against drama to guarantee ratings. When ABC first debuted The Bachelor, 31-year-old Alex Michel, a Harvard grad from Charlottesville, VA was the object of desire of 20 young beautiful women. At the end of the season, Alex chose 23-year-old Amanda Marsh as his future wife and audiences were hooked on today's version of a modern-day fairytale.
Casting producers were able to find 20 beautiful accomplished women aged 60 to 75, proving that ageism is an antiquated belief system and beauty is not limited by age; a reality that should be applied to all areas of media. Depending on how Gerry navigates this opportunity, combined with how audiences receive it could result in a pivotal moment for television.
'The Bachelorette' Was a Response to Demands For Female Representation Whether the women will benefit from their life experience or if they will be picked off starting from the oldest to the youngest is really up to Gerry. Audiences are eager to tune in to see if maturity will be a deterrent when the playing field consists of women who are all in their sunset years. If 75-year-old Sandra has a chance over a 60-year-old Edith remains to be seen.
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