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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stopped watching about two years ago. This is my theory on these shows. First of all, none of it is reality- it's all a bunch of producer set ups devised to showcase events and behaviors.

The first season of any of the shows is the closest to any kind of reality- if you don't count the fact that the events are planned by the show, and the relationships between the women are also contrived, and don't forget the heavy editing, the cutesy music around comments,etc.  After the first season, however, everything deconstructs because the housewives have seen themselves and they don't recognize themselves- they are looking at  what basically have become their avatars. That's when they start to manipulate their own reality- they begin with changing their avatars- the plastic surgery, the face fillers, the hair, the makeup, the clothes. They actually  look costumed.

Their avatars begin to manipulate each other's avatars, the conversation becomes contrived and competitive, and they are pressured by the producers to create  drama in order to have face time on screen. They lose themselves as people entirely, and yet they have little control over their own lives.

What we end up watching are people slowly spiraling out of control because they cannot synthesize their actual selves to the perception of themselves.They are not trained actors- and even trained actors have trouble with this aspect of reality and fantasy- but let's understand this- at least the actors understand  that they are working with a script- they may get lost in it, and they might even believe their own crap, but these women have no script, just a perception.

They also feel pressured to do something else in order to capitalize on their fleeting fame- a clothing line, Skinny Girl drinks, whatever business they are already in. They can no longer have personal relationships, and sooner than later, they might start figuring out that they have been exploited by the show for their weak points, because that increases ratings ( people love a table flip or an argument) so they are left in the cold with a large  baggage of emotional loss and low self-esteem.

This isn't entertainment.

These are tragic shows.[/quote]

Wow, I feel like I need either a drink or cigarette after reading this.  I agree with you completely but would never have been able to write an analysis.[/quote]

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