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Why a Real-Life Matchmaker Thought Materialists Was Satire
“I don’t think any matchmaker worth their salt would send somebody on ten first dates that went bad without staging an intervention.”
Part of what makes Materialists so intriguing is its relation to matchmaking itself: In a dating ecosystem flooded with apps, could one of the oldest professions in the world hold the key to finding the love of your life? After giving birth early in the pandemic, she began her training with a longtime matchmaker named Rachel Russo, who invites matchmakers-to-be to Zooms to discuss and learn the practice. I heard a story about a guy who texted the woman, and she didn’t answer for, like, four hours, and he called the matchmaker and he was like, “Cancel the date.” Anyway, clients fuck that part up all the time.
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