Dating In Catfish

They all work together to create an entertaining reality show about online dating. These narratives also exist outside the world of Catfish. They have been scripted into our media to frame how we are today.
Beauty has been and always will be a large narrative in our society. From a young age we are taught beauty standards and we constantly have these standards shown to us in the media. We are shown beauty pageants, modeling competitions and even transformation shows(make over shows). Just about every printed image we are shown is photo shopped. Our standards of beauty have been given to us by the media. Yes, we all take different features from society’s suggestions but ultimately it has shaped how we see beauty. It is a known fact that it has affected how we perceive ourselves and how we perceive others. Now it is beginning to affect how we portray ourselves and what we project onto others. There are often times in the show where someone will lie about what they look like, or times when the supposed catfish is not up to the physical standards of the other person.
The catfish will then claim “I only lied about my appearance. Everything else was true. I never lied about my feelings for you.” which of course causes a large

The whole basis of Catfish is the hope that the whoever the protagonist falls for is who they claimed to be. There have been some cases in Catfish where both people typing away at their keyboards were exactly who they said they were and cases where they both lied. However that is not revealed to us until they after finally meet. The show must first takes us on a journey where Max and Nev investigate if their story is valid. Then we must follow them as they venture to the other side of the country hoping that the person kept their agreement to meet them. Only then is their identity true identity revealed and we the audience gets to watch as the two get to decide if they are truly