Match Me Abroad

The show follows several people who have decided to look for love outside the USA. They use matchmakers who are local to the countries where they're looking for love. We watch them iron out the kinks and navigate the dating scene while trying to understand a variety of matches who may or may not understand what they're talking about. It sounds confusing because it is. I found myself wondering if anyone took the time to find out about the cultures of the countries they are trying to find a mate in. The major thing I cant figure out is how they intend to communicate once the matchmakers are gone. Very entertaining at times in a Jerry Springer kind of way.

Coming from a moroccan woman, the way they are styreotyping us and using us is really discusting. The palestinian woman went to morocco to pair young morccan women with old white dudes who has a certain idea of moroccan women and fetishizes us. Next time she should pair them with middle eastern people and leave us alone!!!!!

Coming from a moroccan woman, the way they are styreotyping us and using us is really discusting. The palestinian woman went to morocco to pair young morccan women with old white dudes who has a certain idea of moroccan women and fetishizes us. Next time she should pair them with middle eastern people and leave us alone!!!!!

All the other criticisms levelled by other reviewers are correct. Virtually all the candidates looking for romance are at least somewhat emotionally stunted, scarily narcissistic (although sub-clinically so) and xenophobic.

But that's what makes it great entertainment (if you watch it at at least 1.25 speed, avoiding the filler and repititions). These are anthropological/sociological case studies, not romances and as such they are as fascinating as they are cringe.

All of these humans have a script in their heads of what a relationship should look like as well as stereotyped, fetishized ideas of how their foreign dates look and behave. Watching them flail about and cluelessly try to impose their scripts on these (relatively) innocent strangers they just met is like watching a train-wreck.

Also, some of them grow up a little. Not nearly as neatly or completely as the show's producers would have you believe, but when they do, it's genuinely uplifting. The journey of Harold and Michaela reminds you that at least a small minority of humans are capable of growth (and that not all Americans are insufferable).

The show intrigued me and have watched it twice but you don't even see the date long enough to even say you watched it. Two many matches.... I don't know of I will continue this show because again, nothing new the next week as it should be. I mean, only 10 minutes with each couple. Come on... way way too many couples. So far I've watched this show for 47 minutes and I have seen Harold and his date at two minutes oNew parts. They are finally in his hotel room. Was on about 4 minutes and I'm sure I will not see them again tonight. Everything else about them was old. They looked at a couple of photos and too pecks on the lips. He walked her out and he kissed her again and drove off. Not much to go on for a whole week waiting to see what happens. Maybe 3 couples would work for the time allotted for this show.

Absolutely love this show. I love when people try to find love and I love learning about others cultures and how life is around the world - so this is right up my alley! I do think the Columbia matchmaker missed the mark on the Americans personalities but he did still help them have fun and find out things about theirselves. Chad the country boy should not be on this show and if he is it should of been matched with a church matchmaker but he needs counseling before he can really find love. Otherwise I love the concept and hope the show fixes the few issues and cones back for another season. My favorite matchmaker is the woman in Morocco - she seems truly amazing as a person and as a matchmaker.