SEGREGATION IS STILL ALIVE & KICKING ON PRIME TIME TELEVISION. CULTURAL DIVERSITY HAS NEVER BEEN THE HOUSEWIVES STRONG SUIT, WE MIGHT AS WELL BE LIVING IN ANTEBELLUM SLAVERY, SINCE THESE “UPPER CLASS WOMEN” DO NOT MIX WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR. IT MAKES A VERY FUN DRINKING GAME WATCHING, ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK, BEVERLY HILLS, OR NEW JERSEY. ITS LIKE WATCHING A GROUP OF LOST POLAR BEARS WANDERING THROUGH A SNOWSTORM.
THE UNSPOKEN RULE OF HOUSEWIVES IS THAT EVERYONE GETS TO TAKE A TURN BEING THE VILLAIN. EACH SEASON THE BEST FRIENDS BECOME ENTANGLED ENEMIES, & NEW ALLIANCES ARE FORMED BETWEEN FRENEMIES. THE WEAK FALL TO THE WAYSIDE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ALL LIVE IN THE SAME PLACE, HAVE THE SAME STATUS SYMBOLS, THE ONLY WAY TO ONE UP IS UNDERMINE ONE ANOTHER.
A MASTER MANIPULATOR KNOWS HOW TO TURN ANY SITUATION TO THEIR ADVANTAGE, SO WATCHING THE MACHINATIONS OF THE COURT ALWAYS PRESENTS REVELATIONS & INTRIGUE. WE ARE PRESENTED WITH SERIOUS DOUBLE STANDARDS, BRANDI GLANVILLE GIVES LISA VANDERPUMP A PLAYFUL SLAP ON THE CHEEK & IS FIRED. PORSHA STEWART GRAPPLES KENYA MOORE TO THE FLOOR & KEEPS HER JOB, THEN COMES FOR CYNTHIA BAILEY ON A BOAT. IN WHAT TWISTED PARALLEL UNIVERSE IS A PERSON EXPECTED TO WORK DAILY WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS PHYSICALLY ATTACKED THEM ON CAMERA?CDF DROPS SOME MAJOR KNOWLEDGE BOMBS ABOUT THE VERY REAL UNDERPINNINGS OF CONTEMPORARY RACISM IN HOLLYWOOD WHICH ARE RE-ENFORCED DAILY & PERPETUATED GLOBALLY. BUT THAT ISN’T AN APPROPRIATE DINNER PARTY CONVERSATION. IS IT DARLING?