TMC
06-02-2015, 03:09 AM
http://time.com/3903270/bachelorette-gay-bachelor-brokeback-abc
"This could go either way, but neither path looks good for ABC," says Daniel D'Addario. "There's a crass, freak-show element to the Bachelorette promo, as when the voice-over indicates the episode (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/06/02/the-bachelorette-controversial-brokeback-bachelor-twist-was-a-misleading-mess/) 'will blow your mind.' The lewd double-entendre aside, only on The Bachelorette would the existence of gay people be treated as mind-blowing." PLUS: Bachelorette producers seem to have stopped believing in their gimmick (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2015/05/bachelorette_kaitlyn_bristowe_and_britt_nilsson_why_this_season_is_a_bust.html).
"This could go either way, but neither path looks good for ABC," says Daniel D'Addario. "There's a crass, freak-show element to the Bachelorette promo, as when the voice-over indicates the episode (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/06/02/the-bachelorette-controversial-brokeback-bachelor-twist-was-a-misleading-mess/) 'will blow your mind.' The lewd double-entendre aside, only on The Bachelorette would the existence of gay people be treated as mind-blowing." PLUS: Bachelorette producers seem to have stopped believing in their gimmick (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2015/05/bachelorette_kaitlyn_bristowe_and_britt_nilsson_why_this_season_is_a_bust.html).