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There's Absolutely Nothing Real About Reality TV... - I mean, seriously, let's start with the title of this show: only two of these broads are even married. It doesn't even take place in Atlanta proper. What is that, Norcross? Stone Mountain? Dunwoody? With the exception of Kandi, none of them live in the houses seen on the show, they are all leased by Bravo. Three of the folks on the show have lost their homes in real life since Season 1 ended. Is there even anyone on this show with a real Day Job?
...And There's Nothing Wrong With Reality TV Not Being Real - Seriously, folks, these are just soap operas that employ non-union actors. That's all it is, and there's really nothing wrong with that. It's just entertainment, and entertain, it does. Some folks (including me at one point) say shows like RHOA present negative stereotypes of black people. I say, bullcrap, black people present negative stereotypes of black people. We've done a pretty good job of effin' up our image without any help from Bravo. These ladies are just actresses. Period.
Reality TV Has No Clue Of How To Handle Reality - How hard would it have been to simply edit out AJ's parts after he got killed in real life? Watching a freshly-dead man for the next four weeks just felt really eerie, and really wrong. Shame on Bravo.
There Are A Lot Of Black Men Wearing Pumps In Atlanta. I Guess. - I've spent plenty of time in "The A", but I guess I missed this whole epidemic of black men wearing heels and women's jeans somehow. For those in Atlanta, please fill me in: is this sorta thing really that rampant down there, or is the show dialing it up for dramatic effect?
NeNe Is Really Two-Faced - It's really funny watching how other viewers have suddenly gotten wise to the same stuff I was saying last year about NeNe. I told ya'll from the jump this was one cruddy chick, but nah, ya'll thought she was "real". That woman hates worse than Buck Nasty, and a million well-penned Denene Millner tell-alls can't change that. This woman is simply detestable. And yeah, I'm aware that she's simply playing this character on scripted TV, but something tells me she's just as unlikable in person.
For The 1,342nd Time, There Is No Big Papa - Seriously ya'll, Big Papa's real name is Bravo TV. Anyone with half a brain could figure out that Kim was just included to make the show less threatening, and she needed an angle. Enter the "made up boyfriend".
I'll Watch It Again - As much as I might pick on this show, it still works because it adheres to the golden rule of TeeVee... Be Interesting. And on that account, it succeeds.
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"[NeNe] hates worse than Buck Nasty..."
For that line damnit I salute you, sir. I'm coming through with three white guys and we're gonna sing the "Dial For Men" jingle all through your house.
I have a theory about the true identity of "Big Poppa": he's a tanned and rested
Jim Bakker of PTL fame.
I have a hard time watching it because I hate the fact that negative stereotype people like this are even on tv. I surely won't do anything to help them get paid.
If Big Pops existed he would have been outed by local media by now. His picture would be somewhere.
I watched the entire first season but have not watched one single episode of the second season. I lost the fervor. I'm not even sure why.
I think the fact that there was so much behind-the-scenes info brought to light that it lost some if it's "magic"...i.e., the woman are broke-ass-broke, they don't own shit (they rent and lease), the catiness between the women, etc.
And I felt sorry for NeNe in the first season but she sure does seem two-faced in the scenes I've seen.
Maybe if Kim's wig gets its own show I'll watch.
"the thrill is gone."
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