'As I sat there working through my judgment of these people isolated in their own rooms, talking to one another through a chat app with strangers, what seemed tragic became eerily familiar.' –TheSamhita
that is reality TV. For the most part, I find that reality television shows say horrible things about our society and the people who inhabit it — and not in a good way. That was until I watchedThe premise is simple enough: eight people living in an apartment complex, sequestered from one another, only able to communicate through a social media platform. But through group chats, DMs, and the hijinks producers seem to put the cast through endlessly, the premise becomes much more complicated.
The young millennial cast includes a perfectly plucked range of types: There’s a Jesus-loving, gay, makeup-obsessed young man from Dallas ; a self-proclaimed Italian “bro” who works out all the time and loves his family ; a no-nonsense young woman who is, first and foremost, smart, but not afraid to post sexy selfies ; and an earnest South Asian dude who has never used social media but works in VR .
But Alex reveals himself to have fairly distorted ideas about how a conventionally hot man navigates these platforms, and maybe even life. Unsurprisingly, his personality changes as he assumes his avatar — he becomes obscenely flirtatious and profoundly inappropriate. The person who responds to his come-ons is “Rebecca,” aka Seaburn, another catfish playing a heavy-handed game. At one point in a “woman”-only chat, the conversation turns to menstruation.
if they play as themselves. They recognize, somewhat rightfully, that a certain type of body, appearance, or attitude is what garners the most attention online. Take Sean, for example, a plus-size social media influencer — someone whose job it is to create space for and elevate fat women — who chooses to play as her straight-size friend because she doesn’t want to deal with the baggage that comes with being fat online.
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