Married at First Sight Season 1 sparks a lot of controversies - from the experts to the TV viewers. They ask in unison: "Is this a joke?"
According to an interview with Express, the new TV series looks for answers to these two questions: (1) Can science produce a successful relationship? And (2) Can the act of marriage itself help create a psychological bond that leads to true and enduring love?
Four professionals - Dr. Logan Levkoff, sexologist; Greg Epstein, spiritualist; Dr. Joseph Cilona, psychologist; and Dr. Pepper Schwartz, sociologist - have chosen six individuals whom they believed make for perfect couples, using 'scientific approaches'.
However, this is not the way the social experiment docu-reality series is understood by an expert.
Harry Benson of the Marriage Foundation said, "Marriages work not because people match themselves up terribly well. In the first place, the dating agencies have been playing that game for years. The secret to marriage is about being other-centered - not about being well-matched. Even when they get married, they'll be thinking 'Well, I can back out of this'. This is not the way to get married."
Some people thought Married at First Sight Season 1 to be insane or scripted. But when they get to watch the show, they see sincerity in the cast. "I was watching this new show Married at First Sight and while at first I thought it was sounded like some crazy reality show but I was surprised that it was actually sincere. So of course the 'extreme' part is that they don't meet before they get married. The interesting part is that the couples really want to get married. They seem like they are taking the situation seriously. They want to meet the love of their lives," said Pria in her blog.
One Married at First Sight viewer shared, "The show is so great. It is a sensational, headline-grabbing premise. But then, the actual show is more like a documentary than the produced, trashy TV I was expecting. I'm obsessed. I can't wait for the next episode."
