Netflix’s “The Boyfriend” isn’t just groundbreaking because of its cast of gay men—it’s also completely changing the tired, exploitative reality formula we’re used to.
, Japan ’s first same-sex reality show, is not unfamiliar: a group of nine gay men live in a house together for a month. The goal? To forge lifelong friendshipsUnlike other shows, the guys aren’t stuck on set with no access to the outside world—there are numerous occasions where work and other obligations mean that some guys leave the house for days at a time.
That came as a shock to me, as someone whose understanding of Japanese shows comes largely from parodies of their game shows on American shows like, which feels so lived-in and natural that it makes most American TV look like the most outrageously overproduced nonsense you’ve ever seen. Honestly, you’ve never experienced anything quite likeThough it’s a reality show, it lacks a lot of the familiar hallmarks of the genre. The most immediate difference is the lack of music.
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