The Japanese television executives behind “The Boyfriend,” Netflix’s first-ever same-sex reality dating show, said the project aimed to “deepen the understanding” of the LGBTQ community in the socially conservative country.
Like many other reality dating shows, the series features nine single men living in a beach house looking for love. But unlike so many American shows with the same premise, “The Boyfriend” is completely devoid of sexual content. Even the kissing scenes are tame by comparison, per Variety.
“It’s no different from the familiar reality shows we’ve seen before. The only thing that felt odd or questionable was that, while there have been plenty of heterosexual reality shows, there have been so few featuring same-sex couples, and none in Japan,” casting director Taiki told the outlet. “We didn’t aim to create a special genre.”
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