Last night was the premiere of Farmer Wants A Wife, and while I was very excited to watch it, I had to choose between it and Bachie in Paradise….
and I’m weak…and had to watch BiP because I love Timm.
Trying to work out how to watch famer wants a wife and bachelor in paradise at the same time like.. #farmerau #BachelorInParadiseAU pic.twitter.com/FEXoALk9Oe
— AMY ⭐️ (@amyjane_76) July 26, 2020
I’m sorry.
But I promise I’ll catch up as soon as possible.
But we’ve woken up to a bit of a war on Twitter over the lack of diversity in the cast.
Oh boy are they mad! Mad enough to suggest that show changes it’s name to ‘Farmer Wants A White Wife’- ouch.
Farmer wants a White Wife #FarmerAU #representation
— Heath Sheahan (@heathsheahan) July 26, 2020
Zero diversity on #farmerwantsawife. Maybe should’ve called it Farmer Wants A White Wife. 🤷♀️#farmerau
— Jess (@_jessticulate) July 26, 2020
They’re certainly not wrong! But I personally can’t decide what’s worse.
An all white cast like Farmer Wants A Wife, or a ‘multi-cultural’ cast like Bachelor in Paradise but insultingly not giving any screen time to one POC (Niranga) and using the other POC as a comedic relief and not an actual viable romantic interest (Mary).
RUDE. ALL OF YOU. RUDE.
Channel 7’s representation of regional NSW:
– White
– Straight
– Male
– Hats#FarmerWantsAWife #FarmerAU— Jess (@_jessticulate) July 26, 2020
