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TvN’s upcoming reality show, “290 Million: Wedding War,” scheduled to go on air July 2, will invite 10 engaged couples who are soon to get married. The couples’ different stories and backgrounds will compete against other couples in a series of missions for the ultimate prize, 290 million won ($218,752 US). Producers say while working together to win the prize money for their wedding, the couples will see their relationship tested, thereby showing if they are truly ready for marriage. WHAT? A game show for your relationship? Reality shows bring out the worst in people; who wants to watch couples fight?
The production team stated that the prize money is set at 290 million won as it is the average spend for a wedding currently. WHAT? That is a misstatement because it includes post-marital costs like housing, furnishings, etc. In 2022, South Korean newlyweds spent an average of 9.71 million South Korean won on the most expensive thing, the wedding venue. About 180,000,000 KRW goes to new marital housing (if needed since now older couples are the biggest marriage group).
“While the marriage rate is continuously getting lower every year, the number one reason for not getting married is not having the budget for the wedding, according to the report by Statistics Korea,” the network told the Korean Times. WHAT? We have discussed in this forum the reasons so many people (especially women) in Korea and elsewhere do not feel obligated or required to get married at the expense of their career. Wedding expense was never on the list of deal breakers.
The PD said “With the show, I intend to show different sides of humans and forms of love through the couples who willingly came (on the show) to get married amid a time when everyone is against marriage. I’m confident that you will be able to experience earnestness and emotions regardless of your standpoint on marriage.” WHAT? It is an overstatement to say everyone is against marriage— people now realize they have choices in how to live their life. Some have chosen to be independent and single. Others want to start families. How is a reality/game show billing itself as some sort of “public service” change personal decisions of single Koreans? It cannot.
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