“Labor of Love”
With “Labor of Love”, dating reality TV takes on a new dimension. Instead of great love, a woman is looking for the future father of her baby.
- In the recently launched “Labor of Love” show, a single woman is looking for potential baby daddies.
- In order to be allowed to have a child with Kristy Katzmann, the men have to complete various tasks beforehand.
- “Sex and the City” star Kristin Davis moderates the Fox series.
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What’s the matter?
In a new TV show on the US broadcaster Fox, Kristy Katzmann (42) chooses the future father of her child from 15 men. In contrast to “conventional” dome shows, love comes second. According to “TVLine”, it is important to the creators of the format to show the hurdles that modern women have to overcome because they have pushed back family planning and advanced their careers.
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“Maybe these women were in a short marriage, like Katzmann, from which no offspring arose. No matter why family planning has so far not worked, these issues are important for many women in our country. » There are also many men in the same situation. The makers of the show would have noticed this during the casting.
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Who is the lucky one?
Kristy Katzmann is the prototype of what a dating format producer would imagine a successful single woman to be. A 42-year-old, divorced fashion blogger who has had contact with the reality TV genre in the past; In 2007 she fought for, uh, great love for the American “Bachelor”.
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After her divorce at 37, she tried to “find her way in the dating world, knowing that my biological clock was running in the background”, she explains “Fox News”.
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How to choose
In contrast to usual dating shows, the process of falling in love is not the first priority. It is more important that the men are good paper material. The most important thing is of course the fertility of the potential baby maker. In the first episode you will therefore witness a collective fertility test in which the candidates have to provide their sperm for examination.
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The subsequent aptitude tests are less explicit. The willing, proven fertile gentlemen have to prove themselves, for example, in changing diapers, in their protective instinct or in their ability to endure the pain at birth.
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What does the audience say?
This user asks if she is the only one who is completely disgusted by the show. “Haven’t we learned from bachelor and bachelorette that these relationships fail?”
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This Twitter user is already imagining a follow-up show for “Labor of Love”.
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And this user absolutely wants a German adaptation of “Labor of Love”. Same!
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Who moderates?
Kristin Davis (55) is known to all fans of the cult series “Sex and the City”. With the statement “for Kristy pregnancy is mandatory, love optional” the moderator introduces in “Labor of Love”.
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On the show, she is not only an accompanying host, but is also actively involved in Kristy’s selection process and advises the Wannabe mom at the end of each episode in deciding who can continue to fight for fertilization of her eggs.
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