‘UnREAL’ Makes the Prospect of a Black ‘Bachelor’ Look Horrifying

TOO REAL

The season premiere of Lifetime’s behind-the-scenes look at a reality TV dating show reveals the scary bigotry that might arise should The Bachelor finally cast a black suitor.

Senior Editor, Obsessed

Published Jun. 6 2016 11:00PM EDT

articles/2016/06/06/unreal-makes-the-prospect-of-a-black-bachelor-look-horrifying/160606-fallon-unreal-tease_lkzd6n — Sergei Bachlakov via Lifetime

Toward the tail end of the opening sequence of Monday night’s Season 2 premiere of UnREAL—a drug-fueled Vegas bacchanal celebrating the new season of fictional Bachelor-like dating show Everlasting—our heroine in smudged mascara is quite literally climaxing over her bold casting genius.

As reality show producer Rachel Goldberg approaches orgasm during...

Kevin Fallon

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‘UnREAL’ Makes the Prospect of a Black ‘Bachelor’ Look Horrifying

The season premiere of Lifetime’s behind-the-scenes look at a reality TV dating show reveals the scary bigotry that might arise should The Bachelor finally cast a black suitor.

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Kevin Fallon