While cast members do have sex and sometimes drink heavily, the producers purposefully don’t show debauchery.
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The common tropes of reality TV as we know it are noticeably absent. Terrace House doesn’t satisfy that bloodthirsty, “unscripted”-but-probably-scripted drama that you get from The Bachelorette, Real World, and the like.
There are no physical challenges or group dates, but there is still room for the show to “ plumb deeper, messier emotional depths.” It’s fulfilling to watching conflicts slowly build up - like the not-major-but-definitely-present tension between a newly arrived member and a member who’s been there since the first day - and finally get resolved.Īt times, watching Terrace House can feel like you’re observing real life through a blurry lenses, and it’s not just due to the soft filter used by editors. Although it is lighter than American reality shows like this season’s Bachelorette, it still has elements of tension, conflict, and hope for resolution.
“Boring” isn’t a great TV buzzword, but as a descriptor for Terrace House it isn’t necessarily bad. On top of that, the show has been described as “ extremely, hypnotically boring.” Yet, within the past year, more and more Americans have been raving about this “inexplicably engrossing” TV show. Even the commentators occasionally make unsavory, wince-worthy comments. Terrace House is not a particularly progressive show for the 2010s, as it consistently sticks to a 3–3 gender ratio in both the commentariat and the cast, assumes all the members are straight, and maintains some outdated patriarchal stereotypes. But like Justin McElroy of Polygon argues, don’t write it off as just cultural tourism, because it’s much more than that. Terrace House provides a sneak peek into the lives of Japanese 20-somethings who are living in one of the most vibrant cities in the world. (These rendezvous make for good vacation-planning TV.) Crucially, they are also allowed to depart the show for good whenever they please (though it usually tends be after a failed romantic endeavor). They go on dates to cities outside of Tokyo, like Chichibu and Kamakura. They go on work trips to China and South Korea they hang out with their family and friends. It focuses on the everyday, mundane interactions of three men and three women - the actual cast members, not the commentators - who live together (first in Tokyo, with later seasons in Honolulu) in a beautifully decorated house of cool, clean lines. (Netflix)įirst, a primer on Terrace House, which has become a cult favorite: The series, a longstanding reality TV franchise from Japan with 70 episodes available on Netflix (and 98 episodes that have yet to start streaming), is a less fraught, more innocent version of Real World crossed with Big Brother. The show’s panel is a thoroughly Japanese concept for what is a thoroughly Japanese production. These aren’t the “stars” of the Japanese reality show turned Netflix streaming hit, but the six quick-witted commentators play a crucial role in the series: as a proxy for you, the viewer at home. A typical episode of Terrace House opens with three men and three women perched on couches or sitting cross-legged on the floor, all around a low-slung wooden coffee table in a studio set of a living room.
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