Dating is a confounding social construct, but making reality TV is an even more bizarre and fabricated form of human interaction | For example, Chloe is looking for love regardless of gender |
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He lives at home with his family and his number one stuffed bear Angus, and he works at Family and Community Services in Newcastle | The segments with couples Ruth and Thomas, and Sharnae and Jimmy appear to be organic enough |
Love on the Spectrum premieres July 22 on Netflix | If it had been created through the lens of other autistic people, I think it would have been great |
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Will audiences sympathize with the subjects, or pity them? Written and performed by George Steeves who also wrote and performed Magic 8 Ball My Life With Asperger's in 2017 which went on to become a "Pick of the Fringe" at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival | No one gets voted off the island |
But the show, by and large, enables the individuals to speak for themselves, seek relationship counseling from experts, and advocate for what they need during dates and otherwise.
13She just needs a rich, muscular, tall man who is as into video games as she is | Attendees include Kelvin, who has a shock when one of his dates pulls out her Nintendo Switch before the meal arrives, and Mark, who is relentlessly sunny and upbeat, but can dominate a conversation, particularly when dinosaurs are involved |
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This subreddit is a supportive space for the participants on Love on the Spectrum and some of them frequent this sub! That's why this wasn't a five star rating for me | Like the characters in this story, we raise our expectations and offer our hands out with confidence in our friends on the autism spectrum |