A_B_C Easy_as_123

First, let me start off by saying how unfortunate it is that so many reviewers here that are leaving one star reviews are those that are bringing up Colton Underwood's race and his "white privilege in a very spiteful tone. How is his race relevant to whether or not you liked the series? You knew he was white before decided to hit "play." So why does that merit a mention in your poor opinion of the series? You discredit yourselves and your reviews by parroting these left wing shenanigans over and over again. Stick to reviewing the quality of the show and leave race out of it. Now, onto my review. I never heard of Colton Underwood before. After discovering this series on Netflix I learned more about him. He was first on The Bachelorette and then had his own The Bachelor show. Now that he has another series about him coming out it's clear he's all about marketing himself as a television celebrity and needs to be the "star." I don't have any problem with certain people needing to be the center of attention. But as a reality series this show comes off as glaringly contrived. Nothing seems real about any of this. I only watched clips of him in the Bachelorette and Bachelor Shows that I found on youtube. After seeing him carrying on in front of the camera, he kinda rubs me the wrong way. It's one thing to try and pretend to be straight. It's understandable if you're scared. You're just a man or a woman who didn't choose to be gay. You mind your own business and try to go about your life. It's completely another thing to showcase your life on television and perpetuate your lies and shove it down everyone else's neck. And now he found another way to get back into the limelight and behind the camera to be the center of attention on Netflix and come out. As I watched the first episode of this Netflix series I found Colton's body language to periodically grate on my nerves.To me, he exudes this childish immature, "Hey, everybody! Look at me! Aren't I cute!? Aren't I special!!? quality. It's not becoming for a man who is thirty years old. I stopped watching by the time he came out to his brother. In today's America it's not all that challenging to come out of the closet. I, personally, came out of the closet over thirty years ago; well before Colton was born. And even though it was the most difficult thing I did as a senior graduating high school, I knew it was easier for me than gays who came along well before me. Thankfully it gets easier for most of us as we move forward in time. A part of me wants to wish Colton well on his new journey. But so much about him appears so blatantly staged. And then I think about gays and lesbians around certain parts of the world that sadly, to this day, could face incarceration or capital punishment simply for being who they are. And then there are American youths who become homeless for being gay. Their parents literally throw their children out onto the street just for being gay/lesbian. Netflix could have done so much better and made a documentary about either of those tragic occurrences instead of filling the already bloated pockets of Colton Underwood.

The storyline is a bit unique. The actors are reasonably likeable for the most part. I'm giving this series a three star rating because, more often than not, the dialogue and script are not all that compelling. The storyline itself can vary tremendously from slow paced to overly rushed. It's just not well planned. Some of the scenes where they try to be cute and funny by frolicking/gallivanting about to a popular song (as if it were some type of MTV music video moment) doing silly useless things is such a waste of time and does nothing for the plot. This seems to happen once every other or every third episode. The last two episodes of season 2 were the best, in my opinion. In the last two episodes it had a pace that kept my interest piqued. If they can create this quality for every episode that would incredible. But as it stands now they could probably shorten a lot of the silly, useless fluff that takes the show nowhere to about six or seven episodes per season. Be that as it may, I'm looking forward to season 3.