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Hottie flavor of love12/23/2023 The show also puts Flav in situations they know will make him look goofy as hell. The sped-up kissing looks SO WEIRD, and VH1 is sure to tell us that it lasted a total of 8 minutes and 27 seconds. But while the Bachelor might show us some steamy kissing between the lead and a favorite contestant, FoL gives us a time-lapse makeout session while Flav and his date are at dinner, complete with waiters awkwardly bringing items to the table. There are the women who "aren't here for the right reasons," the arguing over who gets the most one-on-one time, the rat, the insecure frontrunner, the overly confident other frontrunner, the way-too-aggressive woman, and the one is who so in love that she can't imagine her life without Flav in it. While there are plenty of Bachelor parallels, FoL heightens the absurdity of every trope. It's the type of editing that Bachelor in Paradise has started to lean into more and more, recognizing its own comedic value instead of trying to sell us so hard on everlasting love between near-strangers. When the contestants meet Flav's mother, she misses one of their statements because she was distracted by a biscuit, and the camera does a dramatic zoom cut to a single biscuit on a plate. One contestant, nicknamed Hottie, who famously fails the fried chicken challenge by microwaving an entire raw chicken has a little cha-ching sound play each time she blinks in her ITM interviews, a nod to her “gold digger” character on the show. The editing, for example, gets pretty creative. It doesn’t feel wrong or mean-spirited to laugh at Flav and the contestants because the show is asking us to. But let's watch them attempt to make fried chicken because it'll be a shit show." The show’s producers seem to be winking at us throughout, as if to say, "Yeah, we too know a hot 21-year-old dancer isn't going to marry this guy. He was 46 or 47 when season 1 aired, and most of the women competing for his love were in their early twenties. Sure, he's rich, but he's definitely not your average television hunk. For one thing, the stark difference between Flavor Flav and say, one of ABC's Bachelor leads is pretty astounding. While certain contestants do get wrapped up in the premise, the show really leans into its own ridiculousness. One thing I really love about FoL is that it doesn't take itself seriously.
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