Real Housewives Read Blogs
Real Housewives Read Blogs by Roxanne McDonald
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In efforts to emphasize they are real people with real feelings, the women of Orange County reunite to do a collective interview with and give us their take on our take of “Real Housewives of Orange County.” |
Nothing turns a postmodern table like a real reunion with real housewives who give their real responses to our reality blogs written about…. Okay, you get the idea.
While this blogger has her doubts, again, about what Jo is even doing on the show, I also have favorites—those with killer work ethics, like Lori and Vicki, and those who conduct life with a dignity and no-nonsense approach, as Gina does.
So what if they have money? Yeah, that’s a big draw, number one, for the show itself, and number two, is a big topic for discussion. A huge topic. In fact, the running theme of the Real Housewives Reunion Special was how rich and how spoiled many if not most of the “characters” are.
One wife says, “We work, we get our Botox [and plastic surgery]…, it’s hard.”
Another, Lori, I believe, says they are often “called transvestites.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County—Bored… or Boring?
The Real Housewives of Orange County—Bored… or Boring? by Roxanne McDonald
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200-carat-encrusted wheel hubs, pink leggings and glitter for the horses, a lot of booze and boredom make for the lives of the “real” (?) housewives. |
200-carat-encrusted wheel hubs, pink leggings and glitter for the horses, a lot of booze and boredom make for the lives of the “real” (?) housewives.
Do we really need to see this? Do we really need to listen to Jo assure her husband she is happy just bored, for there’s “bored and there’s happy and [she’s] just bored…but [she’s] happy!”?
Not only is her comparison inept—it should be “there’s bored and there’s unhappy…”—but it is doubtful that she is expressing the throes of some profound existential ennui. Of course, I could be wrong, but Jo’s days and activities seem to point to the possible reason that, as her husband so cruelly notes, “some things escape her.” Jo drinks at lunch with friends. She meets with neighbors in the early evening…for drinks. Then she shows up at Cyndi’s
ranch…just to hang out and “make friends with” Cyndi…who serves drinks as they sit in the saddles.
Kimberly has gone on a trip (with friend Leila) to do some beauty regime; the word Botox keeps coming up, but does she need to fly out of town for that? When she arrives in the hotel room, she flops on the bed, looks around, says something about the remote being missing, then just sits there…at a loss for what to do.
Even the daughters of the “real” housewives are bored: Shayne’s parents, Matt and Jeana (one of the housewives) Keogh, take him on a trip to tour (and do athletic testing for) potential colleges, leaving disgruntled sissy at home…to sit on the couch and sigh. And stare…at nothing.
Jesus H., if my grandmother—who worked three jobs into her eighties—caught a glimpse of “The Real Housewives…” as she was scrubbing the ceilings of the governor’s 100-bedroom summer home, she would give these women something to cure that boredom. Hell, any one of my relatives would also give those “bored” ones “something to be bored about.” LOL. Maybe that’s what Jo and company need.
Then there’s the anti-Orange County housewife—Lori. She works. Imagine that. Oh, wait, Jo, I guess you can’t.
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