Does Hollywood have a furry agenda?
That's what some people are asking
as the result of a new blind dating
show that is featured on Netflix.
It's called,
is it really titled Sexy Beast?
>> Mm-hm, it is.
>> Okay, that's fun. So
we do have a little teaser video
to show you, so you get you get
a sense of what this show is about,
and then we'll discuss.
Let's watch.
>> I want to get married,
I want to have babies before I'm 26
years.
You have health insurance?
>> Welcome to the strangest blind
date ever.
>> Hey, how are you doing?
[CROSSTALK] >> Could you fall
in love with someone based on
personality alone?
>> What is your ideal woman?
>> Personality for
me is everything.
>> Ass first,
the personality second.
>> You're the best-looking devil
I've ever seen.
>> This is really weird right now.
[LAUGH] >> You count this as
a weird experience for you?
[MUSIC] >> Cheers.
>> So, I like your face.
[LAUGH] >> So
what if I pick you, and
I'm not what you expect under me?
[MUSIC]
>> My God!
>> Woo-hoo! >> I'd
kiss this girl and
I don't know what she looks like.
>> I'm really just in love with
the moment.
>> Pull.
[MUSIC]!
>> Whip it, whip it, whip it!
[MUSIC]!
>> The time has come. >> This is
going to be really tough for me.
>> I can't choose both of you.
>> I've made my decision.
>> My Sexy Beast is, [MUSIC]
[LAUGH] >> Purr-fect was great.
>> I love it. >> Yeah, I love it,
I'm definitely going to watch it.
>> [LAUGH] Yes John, yes!
[LAUGH] >> I'm not saying I'm
going to watch a bunch of it, but
I've watched Below Deck,
I'm not above certain things.
[LAUGH] >> Okay, let me just make
a few clarifications, right?
>> That I cannot get over
the beaver in the hunting outfit,
but it's so perfect.
>> So I know I mentioned furries in
framing the story?
This actually isn't a dating,
it's not about furries, right?
>> They probably would hate that.
>> Probably, >> [INAUDIBLE]
describing as furries.
>> I have not heard any or read any
statements from the furry community
in regard to this show yet.
But obviously, you see a scarecrow,
that's not a furry, and this isn't
even necessarily about a fetish or
some sort of kink situation.
>> No, it's not. >> It's just
people who enjoy dressing up like
that, right?
Like they enjoy the art artistic
component of that, which I, right?
>> I don't think so?
>> Okay- >> I'm fairly I mean,
look, I'm sure there's a bit of
that and certainly for
the audience,
they're going to want to see it.
>> Yeah. >> Like with the bass
singer, people want to see how cool
the customer is.
And they look like they got
the best people to do these.
They do look really good.
>> Yeah. >> But
it's supposed to be, can you look
past someone's appearance?
Like if you fall in love with
someone who looks like
an insane beaver, bear in mind his
personality seems a bit suspect, so
that might undermine
the concept a bit.
>> Yeah. >> And
then they take it off and they're
not what you expected, would
the feelings you generated last?
>> Okay, so
this is actually- [LAUGH]
>> Bringing up- >> Beaver.
>> This is bringing up a really
interesting conversation, because-
>> Keep going to the beaver.
[LAUGH] >> So, first of all,
this kind of reminds me of a 2021
version of the movie
She's All That, where it's like,
look at this person who's, I mean,
look, the movie was kind of
laughable because she was just
wearing glasses.
She was still very- >> Her hair
was up!
>> Her hair was off.
>> [CROSSTALK] She was a hot mess.
>> No, there's no hope for her and
then she takes the glasses off,
where's the hair down?
It's like, >> She immediately
[INAUDIBLE] >> She's all that!
Right, I feel like this is like
a 2021 version of that >> Because
like, from what we've seen,
when they take the costumes off,
they're very attractive people.
>> It's a fundamental issue with
the concept.
And the concept is,
can you look past this?
Don't get the hottest people ever
as a test for that, but they still
want it to be the best singer, but
they're also like, well,
Love Island, I really want to
have both of those things.
>> Do you watch Love Island UK?
UK? >> No, I don't.
Definitely not.
>> Yeah, me neither, but
like I would never watch that show.
It's so beneath me.
>> Definitely, you weren't super
excited briefly to talk.
[LAUGH] >> Just get some
average looking people.
But some of those people were like.
Really good luck. Now, it might
just be the trailer because you see
a lot of different faces
throughout this.
So I imagine it's going to be
a bunch of people, I'm sure some of
them will look average or
whatever, but we're,
we're going to see some people
are definitely more grotesque
outfits than other by the way.
>> I have a lot of [CROSSTALK]
twins. I have a lot of respect for
people who Are these committed to
their hobby?
So, like >> I don't think they make
the masks,
I'm fairly certain they don't.
>> Yeah, you're probably right.
>> Yeah. >> But let's say for
people who actually are part
of the furry community, or
people who like to do I remember
you used to talk about this a lot.
It's- >> Cosplay.
>> Yes, cosplay, right?
That takes a lot of effort and
also a lot of skill.
>> Yeah definitely. >> And
most people don't have TV Crews and
makeup artists following them
around for reality show like
they do it themselves.
>> Yeah. >> I'm always so
impressed by that like I'm so
happy that my hobbies are not
that time-consuming.
>> Sure.
>> And intricate because I and
honestly I don't need that
much skill.
>> Like I like to make some
arrangement, Dried florals [LAUGH]
>> In its own way.
It's fun and woodworking,
that can get actually pretty
time-consuming and expensive.
But yeah, I mean, it seems fun.
I'm going to watch it.
I think it's interesting, and
I guess the whole point is
can you get past the costume and
love the person for who they are?
>> I think is very clearly ripping
off of mass singer.
But as I said on the dance floor
this morning, it is an infinitely
better concept than the mass
singer, because trying to guess
who's singing the song?
I guess that's kind of a mystery,
but then they reveal it and
it's like Corey Feldman.
Okay, who cares?
There's no stakes.
It doesn't matter who it is.
In this though,
someone is supposedly generating
and banking feelings.
So the reveal actually has an
emotional payoff, not just mystery.
Sure, it's not celebrities, so
maybe it's a little bit less sexy
in that way, but I just think it's,
and seeing them just perform in
a costume is not nearly as funny as
interesting as seeing them bowl in
the costume like- >> Yeah.
>> Going about their regular day
and seeing people give them looks,
plus at least with a trailer seems
kind of funny- >> Yeah.
>> It is a much better concept.
>> Also canoodling in the costumes,
like that is no-
>> Will they canoodle?
There was some canoodling in that
trailer.
Didn't you see it?
They were like the kissing gets
very complicated.
[LAUGH] >> You know?
Yes.
Where what do you do with
the horns? >> What happens with
the makeup transfer from one face
to the next?.
I mean it can be very complicated.
>> Now the thing about this,
I do have an issue with Is
the likely political bias, because
there's no way a conservative will
wear a mask for this long.
[LAUGH] >> So it's probably just
going to be a bunch of hippies.
>> [LAUGH] I think it's fun,
it's different.
>> Yeah.
>> Have at it.
But I do want to add one thing.
So Victoria Song over at Gizmodo
believes that the show belongs to
the category of monster kink.
I wish I've never heard.
>> I mean, I think I can guess
what it means.
>> Okay, so I have,
let me read you what Victoria Song
wrote in Gizmodo.
What is Monster Kink?
In a nutshell, it's being turned
on by the mythical creatures, and
many with Monster Kinks enjoy,
this exists, Monster porn and
Monster Porn is exactly
what you think it is.
According to Scientific American,
the category has
flourished in the Internet era.
It includes creatures ranging from
werewolves to mermen and
everything in between.
[LAUGH] >> And there's so
much between.
I think that is probably a very
small part of this.
They're not going to have
a successful Netflix show just
appealing to the Monster Kick
people, I don't think.
But people who want to see awkward
situations, they want to see
the reveal, they're hoping someone
will be like, ew, no, get away!
I think that sort of thing is
going to make it quite popular.
>> Yeah, yeah. All right, well, I'm
curious to see how it plays out.