I am analyzing the television show The Bachelor which has been a long running reality show that uses the belief that everyone can find their true love even on television. The show is based on the romance myth and tends to follow socially excepted guidelines in dating. The show tends to choose their bachelor so that the viewer will either find them appealing or dislike them to bring the viewers in. The contestants they pick to date the bachelor are usually a varied group with many personalities. The bachelor then takes group dates or single dates where they go have dream dates that help the bachelor pick who they have that connection with. They hand out roses which play into the whole romance myth to the people who are staying on to the next round. In the end the bachelor picks their final choice and usually proposes marriage.
It is supposed to seem like a modern day fairy tale to viewers. The show is made to show the belief that everyone has a match out there. They go on out the most romantic dates to exotic locations where money is never an option. The show supposedly shows how people find their true love but throughout the years it has typically shown the opposite. It has had some success stories but it has turned into more of a way for someone to become famous by being on television. The few people that it has been successful for it have followed the theory of true love. They have stayed together typically leading normal lives and following the American dream of getting married, a good job and having children. There are many critics of this show and people who watch it just to have a good laugh at the hyped up romance. I think most people still watch this show hoping to see if the bachelor finds their sole mate and have that true love because as a society we still believe in the myth of romance and want to watch other people find it.
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