Tiffany Men
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There has always been the long running debate about whether life imitates art or whether art is an accurate reflection of life. Dear sweet Jesus, let’s hope that no one out there really thinks that shows such as The Bachelorette have even the most tenuous connection to reality. The plotline of The Hobbit is more believable than the embarrassingly vapid plot lines in this series.
The premise of the show is that a multitude of ‘virile’ and eligible males vy for the attention and eventual heart and hand of a single woman. To my knowledge, if this were to happen in real life, there would be appointments involved as well as hours of operation and state laws to consider. As part of the TV program however, the heroine’s choice is aided by the characters being sent off to exotic places, doing fun things and having deep meaningful conversations about professed love. In other words, the gal may as well be dating 12 year old girls.
If a drinking game were to be created in which a shot of tequila is taken every time a version of the word ‘feeling’ is uttered, viewers would be slurring Spanish within the first half of the show. This may be news to girls out there, but whenever most men use the f word; “feelings”, it’s either contrived for a TV show, or in the context of a horse that’s running in the third race at the local track.
Not that we aren’t romantics. Just the opposite. In real life, connecting with that certain someone is very difficult and elusive. It could happen as a result of a brief glance across a crowded room. It could be from an unexpected gesture. It could be in the way someone carries themselves in stressful circumstances.
It is not, as portrayed by TV shows and modern culture, like choosing from a selection of coiffed men as if they were in a Tiffany’s jewelry case. Despite the inexorable march of our consumer society which begets instant gratification and limitless comparison shopping, the connection between people is still based on good old fashioned chemistry. It’s there or it isn’t. If you have to go to Belgium, ride cable cars, skydive etc. etc. to uncover that chemistry, it ain’t there. You don’t discover someone’s true character when things are good. You discover it when things are bad. The stuff on TV only guarantees that the characters will find fun playmates.