LoveOnTheSpectrum does something that is curiously absent in a genre that is ostensibly about love, which is actually showing it, sangeetaskurtz reviews
Photo: Northern Pictures After decades of The Bachelor and other shows focused on the straight, white person’s experience of love, the reality-dating genre seems to be expanding. A few weeks ago it was with Indian Matchmaking, Netflix’s reality show about the Indian arranged-marriage machine. And last week, it was with Love on the Spectrum, an Australian reality-show-cum-docuseries that follows a group of single adults on the autism spectrum as they explore the dating world.
Love on the Spectrum is built like a typical dating show: We meet the 11 daters, and their friends and families, and follow them in various dating scenarios . We spend enough time getting to know each of them so that things don’t feel voyeuristic and the tone is more curious than patronizing — although, it doesn’t always avoid that territory, as Sarah Kurchak, a writer who is on the autism spectrum, noted in her review of the show for Time.
Take Ruth and Thomas, who are engaged . They have a ton of chemistry, and a supportive, loving, and very sexy relationship, which they talk about openly. It’s a lot of fun to watch, especially when Thomas — a bus driver with perfect comedic timing — plans a surprise waterside picnic for their fourth anniversary, a romantic affair that Ruth calls “very à la The Bachelor.
Love on the Spectrum is not a perfect show; it’s often overly sentimental, the participants are mostly straight, white, and middle class, and — as many critics who are on the spectrum have noted — it’s clearly made for a neurotypical audience. This is problematic in a lot of ways, many of which I only realized after reading feedback from a neurodiverse audience.
I hope these issues are addressed if there’s a second season, but I agree with Kurchak’s observation that this first run of Love on the Spectrum could have “the potential to open minds, foster genuine empathy for its stars and maybe even spark interest in more autistic stories,” especially given that something as big as Netflix is investing in it. And from a genre perspective, I hadn’t realized until watching this show how infrequently dating shows actually show us love.
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