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21 March 2006 (USA)
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A look at five families living in a protected Southern California enclave, and the real-life housewives who reside in one of the wealthiest planned communities in the country.
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The Real Housewives of Orange County: Jeana Keough Might Do Another Show
(From BuddyTV. 26 November 2009, 1:06 PM, PST)
The Real Housewives of Orange County: Gretchen Rossi Wants to Sing Too
(From BuddyTV. 25 November 2009, 10:04 AM, PST)
(From BuddyTV. 26 November 2009, 1:06 PM, PST)
The Real Housewives of Orange County: Gretchen Rossi Wants to Sing Too
(From BuddyTV. 25 November 2009, 10:04 AM, PST)
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(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 21)| Vicki Gunvalson | ... | Herself (15 episodes, 2007-2009) | |
| Jeana Tomasina | ... | Herself (15 episodes, 2007-2009) | |
| Tamra Barney | ... | Herself (13 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Gretchen Rossi | ... | Herself (13 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Lynne Curtin | ... | Herself (9 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Laura Waring Peterson | ... | Herself (7 episodes, 2008-2009) |
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Spoofed in "unReal Housewives of Kansas City: Doubles Anyone?: Part 1 (#1.5)" (2009)
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Once I'd seen the trailers for the show I knew it would be hard to watch and hard not to!
As for the complete reality of the show - which is like the other shows, doubtful - I can only draw a distinction in themes: in reality TV, the " little guy'" is pitted against an adversary larger than life, the message being that the little guy can win against the odds, that we are all, in some ways, heroes. This show gives the opposite message: that we are all victims of forces beyond our control. The show is bittersweet because these women, their communities, their families, are incapable of rising above the clichés and traps of too much cash, too much free time...and too much high hair!!
It is hard to stomach so much tackiness without a trace of irony or humor ( Footballer's Wives deals with the same kind of characters, but better). These women are deadly dull, and marriage looks less like a sacred institution worth protecting, and more like a form of prostitution! Thank god for the gates which keep them inside, an effective quarantine for the rest of us. I chuckled when I heard one of these dames complain about downgrading to a 2500 sq. ft home!
But as I considered it- or tried to consider it seriously - I decided that for women such as these that would be a calamity, which is disgusting if it weren't so pathetic. Conspicous consumption? how about contemptuous consumption! And where is CPS? Shouldn't they be alerted to the abused children in these gilded cages? But all this said I do think the show should be watched if only for its shock value: evidently hair hoppers and 80's has been skeezers do win out, even if no one else does. I hope this show does not see broadcast outside of America. We don't need another 5 reasons for the world to despise us