About this episode

The episode critiques the Netflix dating show 'Age of Attraction' and its portrayal of age-gap relationships.

We watched Netflix's latest experiment in romance, the age-blind dating show "Age of Attraction," with a blend of boredom and horror that eventually shaded into a spicier blend of horror and fascination. The show's finale dropped this week, and we are finally ready to weigh in. So let's go! "Age of Attraction" brings together a group of mixed-age singles to explore relationships without learning each other's ages, in the interest of showing that age is just a number, that we shouldn't put each other in boxes, yada yada yada. The show concept is not only ludicrous on its face, as singles can see each other while dating and should be able to assess what age their potential partners are, but is quickly given the lie during a quick montage midseason, which reveals that all of the couples who turned out to be close in age were summarily cut from the show. (You guys age-blind dated too hard, sorry!) This is a show that invites us to both gawk at and romanticize relationships between people who are decades apart and in completely different life stages. We are asked to consider the deeper compatibility between a 38-year-old father of tween daughters and a 22-year-old who seems just about…

People in this episode

Host: Emma Gray

Topics covered

• age-gap relationships
• dating shows
• romance
• cultural commentary
• Netflix
• society

Keywords

• Age of Attraction
• age-gap love
• dating show
• Netflix
• romance
• cultural critique

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Books & works: Age of Attraction

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