Every time a brand new Reality Show is launched these days there is a combined loud groan from the Queerguru team Party because we inwardly know (but will never admit) the more annoying it is, the more we will probably get addicted to it. Why is it that ‘bad TV ‘ can wipe out our normal taste levels in a single episode?
The latest show that came on our radar was Netflix’ Marriage or Mortgage. In each episode, a different engaged couple has to decide to use their savings as a deposit for a new home or just blow it all on a big wedding.
With two very chic hosts: one a realtor and the other a wedding planner in ‘competition with each other to get their hands on the couples money, They make their pitches during the hour and then very similar to ‘Love It or List It’ they must decide on the spot get wed or move house.
It is bizarre. Totally bizarre. Especially as the two hosts who never let their game face slip at all, have taste levels way in excess of the couples: I do hope they get paid well for their skills that are never really appreciated.
So we watched the one episode with a lesbian couple Cindi and Carla in their 50’s who live in Nashville Tennessee. For Cindi, a pastor at an LGBTQ church this is her first big relationship. For hospital technician, Carla had not only been married before, but they were living in the house she had shared with her ex.
Cindi had been the officiant at so many weddings so so wanted her own ‘big fat gay wedding” but Carla wanted a new home to call their own. So we start talking budgets where the hosts appear totally unfazed but we fall off our chairs. They want a 3 bed 2 bath house with a good-sized yard for $350,000, and their total budget for a wedding with 200/300 guests is just $30,000! It keeps us glued to our screen from our small studio In Provincetown which cost us more. We are also desperate to know how you can get a venue, catering, and bars AND a live band for so many guests so cheap? Kudos to hosts Sarah Miller and Nichole Holmes who such do a stunning job offering so much for so little that for a very quick minute we actually consider the possibility of moving. Luckily that soon passes. No spoilers here in revealing what option Cindi and Carla, because in the end, we really didn’t care. We cannot take on board why anyone would want to choose one over the other. Just save up more money. |
BUT wait for it, if this may seem too tame/tasteful for you (!) then we should share an announcement from Lifetime TV about a brand new series. It’s a spin-off from their Married At First Sight BUT this time it’s with the poor rejects who didn’t make the grade the first time around. What’s worse is the title Married At First Sight: The Unmatchables!” Where it all end?
