Fancast: Reality Bites

Bachelor Brad Womack’s less attractive twin brother tried to fool the ladies into believing he was Brad himself and only a few chumplettes fell for it. Brad passed out roses and stared at pictures and received sage advice to inform his decision on whose dreams to squash by denying them roses. Nine ladies remain. They are not trashy or raw or interesting like the participants in Rock of Love and I Love New York 2, and although these shows started as parodies of the Bachelor they have surpassed the prototype with better casting, more interesting dates and allusions to actual sex. The Bachelor has become a parody of itself with recycled story lines, girls who make pageant winners seem dynamic by comparison, false promises of romance and committment and those silly roses! At least the VH1 dating shows know who they are and what their purpose is: to entertain and accidentally pull people in to the emotional story lines as they develop. Do I really care if Bret Michaels finds a nice girl? Hells no! But I will have months of great stories to rehash with friends who watched with mouths agape. I cannot think of another person who watches the Bachelor (besides me) and if the show doesn’t have another Trista and Ryanesque relationship success it may eternally banish the bloom from its rose.