{"id":27593,"date":"2021-06-23T20:29:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T20:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=27593"},"modified":"2021-06-23T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T20:29:09","slug":"sexy-beasts-netflix","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sexy-beasts-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s \u2018Sexy Beasts\u2019 Is A Real Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27594\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27594\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/06\/SexyBeasts_Season1_Episode1_00_05_03_09-e1624478741173.png?w=1024\" alt=\"A contestant on \u2018Sexy Beasts\u2019\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A contestant on \u2018Sexy Beasts\u2019 (Image: courtesy of Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here\u2019s the conversation that I imagine resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/jennifer-lopez-netflix-deal\/\">Netflix<\/a> greenlighting its new dating show <em>Sexy Beasts<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if <em>BoJack Horseman<\/em>, but live action?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOoh, how about <em>The Masked Singer<\/em> but it\u2019s <em>The Love Connection<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes! <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/rachel-lindsay-the-bachelor-token\/\"><em>The Bachelor<\/em><\/a>, but for furries!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a very \u201cyes, and\u2026\u201d kind of company\u2014for the first couple seasons anyway. Or maybe Jack Donaghy is just trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/clPlucoobUg?t=75\" target=\"_blank\">tank the network<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Actually, it turns out <em>Sexy Beasts<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/01\/netflix-remake-sexy-beasts-dating-show-1234671885\/\" target=\"_blank\">based on a UK series<\/a> that ran for one season on BBC Three, and was already imported once for A&amp;E in 2015. The reality dating show features sexy people wearing elaborate special effects makeup and going out on dates with other sexy people in elaborate special effects makeup.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, whatever strange executive coke bender or ayahuasca trip gave birth to this latest incarnation of the show, Netflix dropped the trailer today. Behold: the <em>ne plus ultra<\/em> of Dadaist late-stage American streaming wars capitalism.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sexy Beasts | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IJO5m6EFL6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to Netflix, the \u201cpoint\u201d of all the fur and silicon, apparently, is to cut through the <em>superficiality<\/em> of dating. Per the show\u2019s description, \u201c<em>SEXY BEASTS<\/em> is the dating show that takes looks completely out of the equation using fantastical, cutting edge prosthetics to transform the daters \u2014 giving them a chance to find love purely based on personality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, as you can see in the trailer, aliens and grasshoppers and scarecrows take pandas and dolphins and devils out for drinks and bowling and carriage rides. And the whole time they\u2019re trying to woo each other using only their\u2026\u201dpersonalities.\u201d Not that the masks stop some of these presumably heterosexual singles from being complete tools. \u201cAss first, personality second,\u201d says the guy with the beaver head of his priorities in a mate. Lucky for him, it\u2019s pretty easy to see that every contestant on this show has a killer bod; it\u2019s just their faces that are concealed.<\/p>\n<p>The six-episode season drops July 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":27594,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netflix\u2019s Bizarre New Dating Show \u2018Sexy Beasts\u2019 Is A Real Thing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It turns out &#039;Sexy Beasts&#039; is based on a UK series that ran for one season on BBC Three, and was already imported once for A&amp;E in 2015. 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