Before you run for the hills, as I know some of you are not
reality TV fans, listen up. ABC Family,
now called, Freeform is offering Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After? on
Tuesday night at 8PM.
I cannot recommend this, so obviously scripted, show to
anyone who wants to check out reality TV offerings, unless you’re a diehard The Bachelor or The Bachelorette fan. Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell are so
obviously in love, are so gorgeous a couple and have sdo much to offer each
other, that I’ll eat my hat if any of the worries the show’s producers try to
throw our way work out to be remotely “real.” If you are struggling for a
definition of love or how a young couple should act, these two are the real
deal.
Aside from watching fake drama, and knowing it, I can’t not
watch. I never watch happily ever after the after shows or read such books, not
just because they are labeled Chick Flicks or women’s fiction. As an example,
on Hallmark last night, the Good Witch
premiered its latest in the series. My wife and I agreed, it dragged. The plot
was all too familiar, the romantic arc for the witch revolved around one line
of dialogue at the end of the show, “I thought of you, last night.”
Okay, this will be my first bad review. I’m sure the show
was fun for those steeped in the Witch’s lore. Call me a sap, but I like plots
that revolve around happily ever afters (and many men do).
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