Bachelorette 9 - General Media - Discussion

IrishGal wrote:I'm crossing my fingers for Zak,  I'd love Chris or Drew also, but Zak has spunk that none of the recently past bachelors have had.

canyonvue wrote:

IrishGal wrote:I'm crossing my fingers for Zak,  I'd love Chris or Drew also, but Zak has spunk that none of the recently past bachelors have had.

But is he attractive and a romantic character in any sense of the word? Will the girls go gaga over him? I think not.

IrishGal wrote:Hey ladies!  I adore Ben F. We all have different taste. That's what makes it all so fun.

IrishGal wrote:Hey ladies!  I adore Ben F. We all have different taste. That's what makes it all so fun.

nd4reality wrote:

IrishGal wrote:Hey ladies!  I adore Ben F. We all have different taste. That's what makes it all so fun.

If we don`t like the lead we skip the season. It won`t be the first time any of us have. I barely watched half an episode of Bens season. He did not interest me and neither did the girls on his season.

2observe wrote:

freelancergirl wrote:

Beeleever wrote:This has been an interesting read this morning. I think the prodding like cattle analogy is a bit over the top and not to be taken as literal as it sounds.

If we think about the job of a handler, it is to accomplish two things. 1. Ensure that the guys stay in line and follow the rules and 2. have conversations with them that are on film in an effort to build storylines.

Do they develop relationships with the contestants? Absolutely! Do they take what the contestants say out of context? Yes! But every one I've spoken to says they accept it knowing its a part of what they signed up for. It doesn't however, change the fact that many of them are completely naive to the process.

On another note, they've all said it was an amazing experience and  would definitely do it again.

I think this is a fair middle-of-the-road assessment as to what goes on. I do think that certain seasons have/require more manipulation, contingent on if real drama creates itself. From what I've been told, for example, Emily's season was heavily story-boarded, and that may be because she really never found "love" (temporary as it may be on this show) with anyone, so they mapped it out for her fairly early on.

I also feel like they've intervened a lot in this season, not because Des hasn't found someone but because she found him so early that the producers worry that without all the guy drama, the season would be dull. Certainly, they worked up Michael and Mikey about Ben (arranging it so that they saw Ben return from the car ride with Des, etc), and I have no doubt that they're whispering in everyone's ears about James. I always laugh when I see the guys sitting around discussing the drama - like in last week's episode when Kasey and Drew were on the bed and Brooks said (paraphrasing - I don't remember it exactly), "So what is going on with James?," or something like that. He was feeding them the line to open the scene, and I suspect that producers said: "Go have a conversation and ask them about what they overheard." That's how producers are able to tell the story they want.

Do they do this on most reality shows? Absolutely. But lately, IMO, this show has been clunkier/lazier than most, in terms of how they go about it.

Great posts, Freelance and Beeleever.  

canyonvue wrote:

IrishGal wrote:I'm crossing my fingers for Zak,  I'd love Chris or Drew also, but Zak has spunk that none of the recently past bachelors have had.

But is he attractive and a romantic character in any sense of the word? Will the girls go gaga over him? I think not.

relaxing wrote:

canyonvue wrote:

IrishGal wrote:I'm crossing my fingers for Zak,  I'd love Chris or Drew also, but Zak has spunk that none of the recently past bachelors have had.

But is he attractive and a romantic character in any sense of the word? Will the girls go gaga over him? I think not.

I think he's really attractive! Also super confident but still very nice, funny, interesting, smart, well-spoken, fun and with such a positive energy.  I think he has great "gaga" potential and would be a huge step up from many of the Bachelors they've had.  I would actually be looking forward to it for once other than to meet the new Bachelorette. Go Zak!  I'm really hoping.