'Arranged' Explores the Difficult Choice of Wearing a Sheitel
The first episode of the second season of Arranged, the FYI network’s reality show about arranged marriages across a number of cultures, depicts, among others, the relationship between Vicki and Ben, an Orthodox Jewish couple. In preparation for their nuptials, the couples faces a number of internal obstacles common to many Orthodox couples, such as not being able to touch each other before marriage, the need for privacy, and the bride-to-be’s hesitancy to cover her hair, which becomes a major plot point.
In one scene, Vicki visits a sheitelmacher with a friend. Before entering, she says she’d feel like a “black sheep” if she didn’t wear a sheitel, or wig, once she’s married. Vicki’s emotion is palpable.
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