The Bachelorette
Page-Turner
How Sincere Is “The Bachelor”?
Two new books on the reality-TV mainstay trace the treacherous fault lines between enjoyment and irony, critique and complicity.
Culture Desk
The Vexing Racial Politics of This Season’s “Bachelorette”
The first black Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay, has been cautiously diplomatic when discussing the role her race plays in the show, but her tact hasn’t prevented troublesome reality from intruding.