![]() ![]() Think The X-Files, think Buffy, think Doctor Who. After gorging exclusively on affairs, drama and the word “gaslighting” for so long, MAFS Australia has fully mutated into its grotesque yet completely unmissable final form: a Monster of the Week show. Not only are we no longer watching a social experiment, we aren’t even watching a reality television show anymore. This week on Married at First Sight Australia, somewhere between Shannon telling his wife “you are a good looking girl, just not in my eyes” and Harrison mansplaining female pleasure to a sexologist, I realised something crucial. We’ve also had late night rendezvous, a groom screaming “HALLELUJAH” in rage and a toaster on fire.įollow The Real Pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcast app. Three weeks in and we’ve already had not one, not two but three “Girl on the Outside” storylines. The tenth season of Married at First Sight Australia has come in suitably hot for its aluminium anniversary (a metal with high thermal conductivity). Since then the format has gone global, but no territory has made it their own quite like Australia (though shout out to the New Zealand MAFS ratking). No dinner parties, no confession boxes, no bombshell weddings, just nervous blushing Danes all the way down. The first season featured only three couples and was eight episodes long. Gift ved Første Blik first premiered in Denmark in 2013, where two psychologists, an anthropologist and a priest(!) picked singles based on their backgrounds and attitudes to meet at the wedding altar. ![]() When Married at First Sight first began, it was a true social experiment. It’s long past being a social experiment, and can barely even be called a reality show any more, writes Alex Casey. We’re just three weeks in and Married at First Sight Australia has never had more monsters to vanquish. ![]()
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