Graham Hillard is the author of Wolf Intervals (Poiema Poetry Series) and a Washington Examiner magazine contributing writer.
In June 2021, Warner Horizon and ABC Entertainment parted ways with Chris Harrison, the longtime host of The Bachelor. Harrison’s exit, following a four-month, will-he-or-won’t-he intrigue, was directly traceable to the veteran TV personality’s failure to condemn sufficiently a contestant who had once attended an Antebellum-themed sorority party.
Like the flagship series, The Golden Bachelor begins with a parade of limousines. Ladies emerge one by one to greet their prospective beau and take a first crack at winning his heart. In my innocence, I assumed before watching that the new show’s brood of hens would eschew theatrics and conduct themselves with a measure of dignity.
Part of The Bachelor’s fun lies in guessing, in early episodes, which women are likely to do well. Unlike in, say, Survivor, where a castaway’s appearance has little to do with his fortunes, ABC’s reality show is an unapologetic ode to aesthetic discrimination. To be sure, no ugly women have made the cut, though one or two probably ought to sue their plastic surgeons. Still, there are gradations of beauty even here.
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