u/Due-Chapter7317

Hi ! I'm a fan of the franchise for some years, i have seen all seasons of Beverly Hills, but since the first season of Yolanda Hadid, i have put my finger on a very recurrent feeling about this show.

Every time a new cast member joins the show, they depict her like "the perfect cast", better money, better life, better job, better husband, more fame, more and more of this or that. Yolanda was really the perfect example of this, and as a spectator, it gave me a very strange feeling, like she's so "better" at a point that creates an anticipation of jealousy and influence me to dislike a housewive for no real reason.

And this feeling continues to pop up for a lot of new cast : Camille, Erika Jayne, Teddi Mellencamp, Garcelle, Sutton Stracke, and Amanda Frances.

And this year with 2 newscasts, i really feel a difference in staging/mise en scène, setup around Amanda Frances and Rachel Zoe. Like... They try to give the good role to Rachel during her presentation but introduce Amanda more like a troublemaker, an antagonist. Like the show tries to implicitly direct our opinion in favor/disfavor of some women.

Did anybody have this feeling of direction, or i'm the only one ?

Hi, i am currently watching episode 4 from the season 4, and despite i appreciate Monica character, especially after knowing much about her personal life... I really can't stand up behind her during this episode.

Lisa has lost her 60k ring, and the episode really shows the situation as a "detail", mocking Lisa with Heather filming the situation like it's "not a big deal". The staging with Lisa talking about the situation to other people around the airport, really tries to force the feeling of an exaggerated situation from Lisa. I know Lisa is sometimes a drama queen, talking too much, and too much in the exaggeration about a lot of things. But this time, she wasn't, just correctly reacted. We know... anybody losing a 60K ring will make a huge crisis. Lisa has really handled the situation like a normal person losing an expensive ring, not like someone so rich that she cannot care about that.

And now, in the van, i see Monica "crying" in front of everybody about her "poverty" and how much Lisa is a "bad person", and talking again about the ring situation from nowhere ? What the f*ck ? Monica is not poor, she has more money than the majority of us, and has a paycheck for her presence in the show (+ for free travels and going in good restaurants). She brings the subject from nowhere to shame Lisa. And i remember, how much a lot of this cast tried to shame Lisa to publicly make her look "poor" and "fake rich", and now, they let her humiliate for having money (like them) ? They confuse me.

And i really want also to talk about the choice of her clothes for the 5-stars restaurants... I think Lisa is totally right to say that the outfit THEY impose on her, is really not ok, and is clearly an attempt to humiliate her. I also think it's ok, to not force people to participate in the Drag Queen make-up game, because it's supposed to be "fun" not an obligation. Why Meredith and Mary Cosby have special privileges, but Lisa is attacked by Monica ? Monica's attempt to become "middle class", to be liked by the "poor" viewers, seems really vulgar to me.

And why Mary Cosby is there ? She clearly hates everybody, hates being there, and just came for the paycheck.