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Alexis (25) issues an ultimatum to Hunter (28). They have been together for two years. He wants them to move in together, but she wants to get engaged first.
Shanique (24) issues an ultimatum to Randall (26). She's ready to settle down, he's not.
April (23) gives Jake (26) an ultimatum. She wants to marry him. He always wants to hang out with other people.
Rae (24) issues an ultimatum to Zay (25). She wants him to commit. But it's his first real relationship and he's worried that she doesn't really love him.
Nate (30) issues an ultimatum to Lauren (26). They both want to get married, but he really wants kids and she's sure she doesn't want that.
Colby (25) issues an ultimatum to Madlyn (24). The two have been together for a year and a half. He wants to get married, have children with her and admire her beauty. She seems to be actively rejecting him.
That's what "The Ultimatum" is about.
Every conflict is completely understandable. What happens next doesn't happen: Like a combination of "Wife Swap" and "The Real World," these couples switch places and move in together. Here we are proudly in the world of reality TV. Netflix's Extremely Obvious Background Music division won again: "You're the one I want to be with!" It is with you that I want to wait! You are the one I want to be with! sings a heavily worked female voice. Couples go on fake “dates,” like playing polo. They sleep under strange night vision cameras that make you wonder if the attendees really knew what they were getting into. Every unscripted Netflix show has at least one very weird element, and in this one, it's every character drinking from a large metal cup. Even when they go to the restaurant. There is always a cup.
There are also dialogs like this:
Colby: “I'm not attracted to you. »
alexis [Seufzend, den Kopf schüttelnd.]: " I do not believe you. »
But unexpectedly, the relationships seem almost unbearably intimate and familiar. Even wishing some couples apart is mourning the love they had. Even if you marvel at the craziness of it all, it's cute when a whole new, possibly temporary "couple" discusses what temperature to set the thermostat to and who gets which side of the bed. We see that it is sometimes so much easier to open up to a stranger than to the person we love. And how easy it is to end a relationship and bring the same issues into a new one.
This is why the Ultimatum is so good
The couples in The Ultimatum indulge in boring, pointless drama, but they also teach each other something. Shanique teaches Zay not to yell, run away, or use his significant childhood trauma as an excuse for aggressive behavior. April and Colby support each other unconditionally. Madlyn — I'll never forgive the internet for turning this woman into a villain — is giving everyone some much-needed tough love. ("Set a 30-second timer and say, 'Okay, I'm going to be quiet for 20 seconds,'" she advises April, whose boyfriend doesn't feel heard in the relationship.)
Most reality shows work by taking a sex act — polyamory on The Bachelor, edge on Too Hot to Handle, blindfolds and glory holes on Love Is Blind — and presenting it within a traditional, heteronormative, and patriarchal framework. . The ultimatum looks like a genuine attempt at partnership – love, sex, intimacy, friendship, taking care of each other's dogs. The ending is crazy, as is the beginning and the middle. This makes it oddly realistic.
The article was originally published on glamour.com
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