Dating Around succeeds in being the anti-Bachelor

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The Netflix dating reality show "isn’t centered around the kind of influencer-ready straight white daters of other franchises," says Alessa Dominguez. "The first season, set in New York, included daters ranging from their twenties up to their sixties, it featured queer people of color, and the white participants didn’t just date other white people. The same casting and production choices inform the current season, which is set in New Orleans. As the blindingly white and straight Barbie and Ken brand of shows like The Bachelor undergo a long-overdue racial reckoning, Dating Around, a far superior show, is just one demonstration that a less white-centric brand of dating reality television is also just far more interesting."