
Jan 30 • 1HR 9M
'MILF Manor' Takes Fauxcest To TV
Where 'Back in the Groove' glamorizes dating older women, 'MILF Manor' just wants to make you feel weird about mothers and sons.
Claire Fallon and Emma Gray obsessively analyze our cultural obsessions, from fashion trends to books to the buzziest scripted TV shows.
When a dating reality show called “MILF Manor” was announced not long ago, the reaction was immediate and unanimous: Wasn’t that a fake show on “30 Rock”? It does seem like a desperate TV exec, over a decade after the “MILF Island” episode of “30 Rock,” cribbed the concept of a reality show about hot moms for their own pitch.
But in practice,…