The cast of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" in an undated photo courtesy of Bravo. "The Real Housewives of New York" is a takeoff on the successful series. REUTERS/Handout
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - “The Real Housewives of New York” should be taken with a grain of salt, followed by a Pepto chaser.
The five women profiled in this fascinating series — a takeoff on the successful “The Real Housewives of Orange County” — tell us that New York and the Hamptons are the only places to live in the world. There, you have private schools, social events that boggle your mind and schedule — but you learn to cope with deciding which ones to attend.
All this adds up to the everyday lifestyles of the rich and not yet famous women here: Jill, Alex, Bethenny, Ramona and LuAnn. It’s not important to know their last names, or the names of their significant others, because they are the new everywomen of the 21st century. For as much money and privilege they have that others will never see, they are extraordinarily ordinary.
And that is what makes these women perfect fodder for reality television. If they don’t make you a little sad, then you’ll know this series has succeeded with just the audience it needs. “Sex and the City,” where art thou?
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