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Week 3: Provo's Most Eligible

I have been so busy these past few weeks that I have barely had time to watch TV. The two shows that I watched this week were the premier of Provo's Most Eligible and the second episode of the Book of Mormon videos.

Provo's Most Eligible. What a show. It's so cringy but I love it. This show definitely serves as entertainment. I hosted a watch party with a few of my friends and it was so fun to just get together and talk about all the cringe and who we wanted to date who, etc. My fiance was so sweet. He went out and got us snacks and served us all while we watched. He watched YouTube instead haha. 

Something I realized while watching that show is that we love to live vicariously through people on TV. We love to imagine what we would do in their shoes and what we think is the best decision for them as if we actually know. I already feel like I have a parasocial relationship with two of the bachelorettes. I think it's so fascinating that media can impact us in that way.


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  1. McKaySeptember 30, 2019 at 4:45 PM

    I love what you said about living vicariously through people on TV! I am definitely guilty of this. I think we love feeling connections with people, and we love to feel understood! Sometimes people on YouTube or TV give us that validation!

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  2. AmandaSeptember 30, 2019 at 8:16 PM

    I totally watched Provo's Most Eligible too! Such a great yet terrible show all at the same time! But I know what you mean that even though I have never met any of these people I feel like I do because I have watched an hour of their life. It is so weird when you think about it, but you're right it does allow us a reprise from our daily life.

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  3. Kaitlyn DayOctober 2, 2019 at 8:36 AM

    hahaha my brother showed me Provo's Most Eligible this week! Its super hilarious and uncomfortable to watch haha

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  4. Alison CrookshankOctober 2, 2019 at 9:41 AM

    Man I haven't gotten into this new season haha. The first one was bad enough for me! I do agree, though, my favorite part of watching the Bachelor/Bachelorette is deciding what I would do if it were me and judging the heck out of them for choosing any differently! What a world.

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  5. Sarah CoyneOctober 2, 2019 at 12:20 PM

    OH my goodness, this is an actual show?! I have to check it out!

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