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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm married to an Iranian. The Iranians in LA are mostly, wealthy and educated. They can be very sophisticated people. [b]But there are also a lot of very materialistic Iranians on the fringe of the uber-wealthy ones who seem like they are always trying to keep-up. They seem, to me, very insecure people who think if they aren't wearing designer or driving a luxury car, they are worthless. They are the types who live in mediocre rented apartments but buy $5000 handbags.[/b] These are the ones depicted in the show. Maybe not college educated, trying to make big bucks in real estate, etc. Some do it. Others just hang in. My inlaws are this type- except they are all in car dealerships. 
But do you think the educated, sophisticated Iranians would agree to be on a reality show? Of course not! Same for DC Housewives. The actual power players of DC would never agree to something so cheesy. You need to be very insecure and desperate for 15 minutes of fame. The producers sniff these people out to capitalize on their insecurity. That makes good reality TV!
But it is too bad for the Iranians who are educated and sophisticated because too often many Americans have no idea what Iranians are like. They stereotype them as poor or fanatic or from some third world existence. Now middle-america will have a new stereotype: greasy, materialistic and shallow.[/quote]

I think this basically describes every one of the housewives on any Bravo show.  So I would assume that this isn't a true depiction of Persians, but rather a pretty consistent depiction of how well Bravo knows its audience.  The people who watch these shows live for schadenfreude, and for the ability to howl relentlessly at the fools who choose to be on these shows and act as though they are hot shit.  But we're the fools too, b/c this is how we choose to spend our free time, watching these dingbats on tv.  I admit to being one of them myself.[/quote]

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