Because I cannot finish anything, I decided to start watching yet another show... (currently in progress: Kim's Convenience, The Good Place, Interrogation, among others.) It is a Netflix show that centers on an experimental dating concept. I'm not even through the first episode yet, but I already have thoughts...
The premise is that two dozen (?) heterosexual (or perhaps bi?) people live in a "facility" and they go on literally blind dates with each other. The men live in one area and the women live in another and they don't get to see their prospective partners at all. The dates (or rather, conversations, take place in pods -- each person is in their own pod, where they can talk to someone else in another pod. They don't get to look at each other, as per the title.
I'd be interested in seeing this done with gay or lesbian people, though some of the logistics would have to be changed around, potentially...
Anyways, this unique concept intrigued me so I decided to start watching this show. My primary thought was that I would absolutely not subject myself to being part of a dating experiment like this. I just couldn't take it.
I want to know more about the logistics of the show -- do they get a certain amount of time with each person, or can they spend as little or as much time with whoever? Maybe it's more structured initially to give each person a chance to see what all the other people are like, to get a feel for their options, but after they've spoken with each person once, they can then choose who they want to continue talking to. It hasn't been exactly specified.
I noticed that they have little notebooks in which they can take notes about the people they talk to, which I thought was kind of interesting, though I guess it makes sense if you're going to be speed-blind-dating all those different people, especially without seeing them.
Some of the first questions that some of the people asked were as follows: where the person is from and about their family. If it were me going on an entirely blind date like such, these would most definitely not be my first questions. I'd first ask the person's name (obviously), then probably about what their job or field of study is. After that, I'd probably go into asking for an unusual/interesting fact about them and/or what the most interesting thing they've done recently is and see how/where the conversation goes from there.
I think that my questions reveal far more insight into a person's personality and interests. Who cares about what their family is like upon initially meeting someone... additionally, where someone is from also doesn't necessarily tell you that much. Not that it's entirely unimportant, but it wouldn't be the first thing I'd ask.
I'm really not a fan of the aesthetic of this show, but the concept is intriguing enough that I'm giving the first episode a chance. The women look so plastic and generic in their hair/clothes/makeup. The men dress more normally but they also have a bit of a plastic-ness to them as well.
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