Burning Love (2012–2013)
9/10
perfect parody of a truly idiotic premise
15 January 2014
Warning: Spoilers
kraegm objects to BL because "the genre itself is too close to a parody of itself so that this series doesn't have to reach very far beyond the original source material to actually parody it." On the contrary, I think this speaks to the genius of the project. A parody could have gone way over the top, but the fact that BL stays close to the source material (in tone if not in detail) drives the point home on how ridiculous the original show is.

The way the actual show tries to pass off the charade of having one man sample and choose from a bunch of women as any sort of romantic or noble way of finding love is stupid, and the parody pokes great fun at this. A few examples are: when the bachelor at times admits he just wants some action, at the end when he begins fishing for someone to propose to, and when someone calls Haley a (derogatory term for a woman) and another girl makes the great observation that they are all like that simply because they are part of the contest.
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