
If you're a fan of reality TV, it's likely that you're familiar with Stan's dramedy UnREAL.
The series, which wrapped up its fourth and final season in 2018, follows producer Rachel Goldberg (Shiri Appleby), executive producer Quinn King (Constance Zimmer) and the chaos surrounding the production of popular dating showEverlasting.
AlthoughEverlastingis a fictional show, the dating show is loosely based on the experiences ofUnREALcreator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro who worked as a producer on The Bachelor US for three years.
Watch the trailer for Stan's UnREAL below. Post continues after video.
From "frankenbiting" to straight-up manipulation,UnREALis full of subtle nods to The Bachelorfranchise.
But what exactly did the highly exaggerated series get right (and wrong) aboutThe Bachelor?
Here's what we discovered:
Fake dates don't happen.
In the first season ofUnREAL, Adam Cromwell, a rich British playboy, appears as the "suitor" onEverlasting.
On one particular date,body doubleswere seen horse riding while Adam later rode a fake horse for close-up shots. (Yes, really).
Although the dates onThe Bachelorfranchise are often, well, ridiculous, they aren't fake. (And there certainly aren't any body doubles involved either).
But... there are a lot of ridiculous dates.
In season two ofUnREAL,Darius Beck, an African American professional football player, is cast as the suitor onEverlasting.
Funnily enough, one of Darius' first group dates on the show looks very... familiar.
In fact,The Bachelor'sLocky went on an incredibly similar date.
Producers are given bonuses for creating drama.
ThroughoutUnREAL, producers are given bonuses for creating drama among the contestants.
Although it may sound hard to believe, author Amy Kaufman claimed in her book,Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favourite Guilty P
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