'Something to declare?', on La1.
Periodista i crítica de televisió
2 min

The vulgarity that La 1 premiered on Wednesday night is once again inexplicable and unacceptable on public television.Anything to declare? is one dating show in bad taste. And not only because of the nonsense said and the outdated approach, but because of the stereotypes it reinforces on a network that should prioritize destroying them. The program recreates the universe of a supposed airport of love. The presenter, Pablo Chiapella—famous for being the Amador of The one that is coming–, is dressed as an airplane pilot and has a crew of flight attendants who look like they've come from a cabaret show. All the most outdated and typical television tricks are concentrated in its format. In less than three minutes, they said the word "whatever" fifteen times. love, and every time they said it, a song from Julio Iglesias' repertoire played, repeating the word. Throughout the program, they try to form three couples, whether heterosexual or homosexual. The casting is worthy of a reality guys The Island of Temptations either Big Brother. Young, hegemonic bodies, highly trained at the gym, maximum hedonism and minimum naturalness. Each single man or woman can choose between three candidates, each loaded with suitcases. Each suitcase hides a supposed defect. And through an elimination process, they end up forming a couple or not.Anything to declare? follows the most frivolous and topical script guidelines of the reality shows when introducing the contestants: "If I want something, I get it.", "I have this great body because I work hard for it.", "When I enter a nightclub the floor shakes", "I'm very aware of my attractiveness and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'm attractive and I know it.", "A whirlwind like me deserves a tall, badass guy."And the statements that appear inside each suitcase are as vulgar as they are ridiculous:"I've had 18-hour sex sessions", "I've had sex with over a hundred women.", "I need to have sex at least once a day." either "I am Mr. Blunderbuss". To this last sentence the presenter, surprised, added: "I have stayed 'squashed'In the set, there's a luggage conveyor belt where witnesses appear. And to top it all off, on two occasions, the mothers of two candidates appeared, carried like a package. After saying a few words about his overprotective style, they were dragged away on the conveyor belt. dating show, but for the values and stereotypes it preaches. It reinforces a world of relationships that's very outdated. The game is constantly unpacking suitcases. But the most dangerous is the one that's filling Televisión Española with its entertainment. The amount of accumulated waste is becoming unbearable for a public broadcaster, and yet they keep piling it on even more. There's only one thing to declare: TVE management thinks it's maneuvering to get the plane off the ground, but it's doing everything it can to crash it.

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