variety.com: When “Love Is Blind” made its debut on Netflix in 2020, the series introduced a completely new way for people to find love, without all the rules of usual dating. On the show, the single contestants begin dating individuals through a wall, unable to see what the person on the other side looks like. Throughout the process, they can’t meet until they get engaged. Those who do then come face to face, move in together and decide whether they want to go through with their commitment.
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As a fan of Love is Blind and reality TV in general, I had no idea that there was an issue with Love Is Blind having problematic working conditions. I guess it’s not that shocking since there are many similar stories like this in the industry. However, it’s hard to really know the truth with this situation because the production company’s CEO is saying conflicting things to what the participants are saying. There probably is truth to both sides. I’m sure to some degree the production company tried to protect the mental health of the participants from the start of filming till now. However, I’m sure that there were some ways that they could have improved that care of their health. It's really hard to tell with these situations who is in the wrong or what can be improved. It just seems like there was a major lack in communication between the producers and the participants. It's unfortunate that it has ended up in this disagreement.
As someone who has watched every season of Love is Blind (and just about every reality tv show under the sun), I found this article very interesting. While ideal working conditions will never exist on reality television, as the point of shows like Survivor, Love is Blind, and others is to put talent in precarious situations to elicit the best content, where should the line be drawn? I was very surprised about the 5,000 fine that talent can incur for leaving the show early and am still seeking clarity on more details of this. Is it 5,000 out of their pocket or 5,000 out of their paycheck? Leaving shows is a natural response in these dramatic situations and I’m curious at what point is authenticity ruined when individuals stay on the show just to avoid the fee. In my opinion, both the production company and talent of Kuhl and Hartwell have legitimacy in their arguments. There will always be inevitable emotional distress with being filmed day in and day out, however, the producers also could have mitigated some of these problems. I’m curious how the prediction of a reality tv union that was mentioned in another news quiz article could affect these issues.
This is really interesting. What jumped out at me the most from this article was how it seemed like both sides were just saying different things. It’s kind of wild how the creator of this show is just shooting down every accusation made here by the previous cast members by just saying “nope.” Aside from the mental health support after the show, where the article mentions that Variety was able to see emails and a paper trail about the subject. Being on reality TV is hard, and I’ve heard a lot about how you do in fact get completely cut off from basically everyone and everything in the real world, for the sake of protecting the small ecosystem of the show. Perhaps not exactly prison-like, but personally, I wouldn’t want to do it. I honestly am not super surprised that cast members are claiming that conditions on the set are not the greatest, I think that it’s very easy for things to be forgotten since basically an entire world and life has to be set up for the cast members, and when the people doing the set up still have a connection to the outer world it might be difficult to imagine living without that.
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