ICYMI - Why “The Ultimatum: Queer Love” Ultimately Fails
ICYMI
Slate Podcasts
3.9 • 800 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On today’s show, Candice and Rachelle are joined by Lindsay Lee Wallace, a culture writer who recently reviewed the second season of Netflix’s reality dating show The Ultimatum for TIME. The three discuss how the show’s unhinged conceit fares when all the contestants are queer and how the season’s reception on the internet. They dive deep into the chaos subsumed The Ultimatum subreddit, where one of the contestant’s name was briefly banned because so many critical threads were being posted about them. And they determine the show achieves of its two aims: to be messy and to show the interior lives of queer couples.
This show is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.
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| 0:29.0 | Teas and Cs apply. Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton. |
| 0:44.2 | And I'm Candace Lim, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I. |
| 0:47.3 | In case you missed it. |
| 0:48.7 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:51.1 | And I'm going to be so completely honest right now. I don't have the patience to do a |
| 0:57.2 | fun little banter because I just, I need to dive into today's episode. We have so much to cover. |
| 1:07.9 | Today, we're talking about the second season of Netflix's reality TV dating show, The Ultimatum. |
| 1:21.2 | I'm going to be honest, I feel sorry for you, listeners, if you don't love reality television. |
| 1:26.9 | And by sorry, I mean, I'm not sorry. |
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