The Reality of The Real Housewives of Orange County A reality television show where cameras follow affluent women as they enjoy their lavish lifestyle in Orange County, California is depicted in Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County. The American reality television series focuses on the personal and professional lives of several women living extravagantly wealthy lives mostly due to their rich husbands. Over the past 5 years the success of this innovative reality TV show has allowed for
The reality TV show, The Real Housewives of Orange County, shown on Bravo, is recognized to be one of the most dramatic, luxurious and outrageous reality TV shows and definitely the most viewed out of the Real Housewives series. The TV show is based around literal housewives, women who stay at home and seem to look pretty on their husband’s arm, and their daily “tribulations”. These wives live in mega-mansions and live the lifestyle one can only dream of having. Between Botox injections and wild
Gender Stereotypes and The Real Housewives: What It Means for Male Viewers “Oh, no!” I thought to myself when she asked us to present our essay proposals to the class. A sinking feeling set in, and my heart began to race. I was about to share one of my deepest, darkest secrets. Each person went, and finally, it was my turn. My heart felt like it would burst as the words glided in slow motion across my lips: “Real Housewives.” The whole class started to laugh, and I wanted to shove the words back
Jersey Shore, The Real House Wives, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Hunny Boo Boo, and Duck Dynasty is representing Americans. The rest of the world sees Americans as childish, aggressive, spoiled, rich, dumb, disgusting, or/and as red necks. First, is the show Jersey Shore, a show about a group of people who live in New Jersey and who only care about tanning, working out, and partying. In the show the people have made it an obsession with being tan until their skin is orange and then still keep
reinforces traditional family values, morals, and beliefs. Bravo’s original reality television show, The Real Housewives of Orange County portrays such a message to the audience. The Real Housewives of Orange County sends a message to the popular culture audience to adhere to traditional gender roles by the themes of; work, money, and control within the program. Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County is an original series of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, and has been an NBC cable network since
played by Brooks Ayers during the last season of The Real Housewives of Orange County. The veteran reality star stood by her man while he claimed he was being treated for cancer. Gunvalson came under fire for standing with him, even after several of her friends found holes in Ayers' story. She gave up a lot for this man, including her marriage to Don Gunvalson. Since the beginning, Vicki Gunvalson has been the star of The Real Housewives of Orange County. The last season though, Ayers made a fool of her
Eddie Judge Wiki, Age, Birthday, Height, Married, Salary, Net Worth and Bio Short Bio Eddie Judge is a Mexican businessman who is known best for being the husband of the Real Housewives of Orange County’s star, Tamara Judge. Eddie Judge was born on 31st March 1973 in Guadalajara. Mexico. Eddie Judge is of Mexican nationality and white ethnicity. Judge went on to study Business administration to hone his business skills and pursue his career. Career, Salary, Net worth Eddie Judge age was not so
Heather Dubrow of The Real Housewives of Orange County is now speaking out about Jeff Lewis, and she has a few things to say about him. All About the Tea is now sharing that Heather says that Jeff Lewis body shamed her and even attacked her character recently. It is obvious that Heather is not a fan of him at all. It doesn't look like these two are ever going to work through their problems. This all started when Jeff Lewis said that Heather Dubrow mistreated the waitstaff when they all went out
Orange County 1960's: The conservative movement The conservative movement that arose in the Orange Country during the 60's had many different contradictory attitudes. Some people thought of it as a meaningless span of time in which the government had been put on pause while others saw it as a crucial foundation for America's future. McGirr clearly seems to be no follower for Orange County conservatism, but she is still able to keep her disagreements from breaking through in her writing. McGirr
socialites dealing with their everyday lives as “housewives”. Bravo TV’s hit number one reality television show, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, deals with the everyday lives of modern-day housewives. When speaking of these women and their family life, the reality series shows its viewers that family life in modern times is dramatic, full of misrepresentations of how people are perceived, and that fame comes at the cost of family. The Real Housewives of Atlanta has been on the Bravo TV network
economic prosperity and consumerism without conforming to liberal ideologies. The period of strong conservative support, the 1960s, usually refers to the time frame between 1964 through 1974. The grass roots mobilization started strong with the help of Orange County's middle-class men and women volunteers. The effort and hard work of these people along with economic support from businesses such as the National Review helped to spread conservative philosophy. Other contributions to the effort include
series. The second and the major reason is that they are believed to depict purported or actual reality thereby assuring their audience that they are seeing life as it really is, without artifice and storytelling expertise. But, how real are Reality TV programs? How real is the reality that they depict? This paper argues that the authenticity of the reality in Reality TV shows is questionable. Although examples of Reality TV can be found throughout the history of television, reality programs arrived
characters that represent the creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Eric is an obese, self-centered bigot. He often rivals with Kyle and devises plans to acquire money. Kenny comes from a poor family, which is often joked about in the show. He wears an orange hoodie that covers most of his face and muffles his voice. Kenny also used to be killed off quite often by
Media’s role in the construction of Gender Throughout the 2004 drama, Crash, societal gender roles are made apparent. The leading character, Rick Cabbot, is a powerful district attorney in L.A. and his spouse is a domestic housewife. He is independent and successful while she is dependent and unhappy. After dinner one evening, the couple is walking to their vehicle when they cross paths with two cautionary characters, Cabbots wife pulls herself closer to him for protection. He is strong and serves
gender and class issues from multiple, humorous perspectives. Yet watching Season Five, Episode Twenty, a viewer could grow uncomfortable at the racial generalizations. The episode is entitled “Queen of Jordan” and is intended to parody the Real Housewives franchise of reality television. The episode was shot and aired as if it were a Bravo network reality show, entirely separate from 30 Rock, although it features the antics of the usual cast of 30 Rock. Although the critically acclaimed television
when real people’s daily lives are filmed for entertainment. These programs happily provide us with a daily dose of gossip. You either love them or hate them, there isn’t much of an in between. It is also becoming even harder for those who despise them to avoid the popular shows. This obsession all began in 1894, when Candid Camera first aired, and increased in the 2000s. Soon as we know it, almost everyone is watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians or The Real Housewives of Orange County. So
What happens when Narcissism takes over a generation? Is that generation the only generation who is affected? A narcissistic generation does not happen on it 's own. Majority of Millennial 's characteristics are negative but not entirely negative. However, Generation Me only values themselves. Their overemphasis on self-esteem is well intentioned but often leads to narcissism. Both terms can be avoided with proper treatment. A Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a mental disorder in which
absorb and act on what we’ve learned from, media, friends etc., “Young adolescents are also socially and emotionally vulnerable due to influences of media,” (Csikszentmihalyi). Even shows like “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” “Real Housewives of Orange County,” ‘portray’ a real life, and children are perceiving that this is how you should and act in daily life. Could you imagine the next generation acting like the people on those reality shows? Clearly, everything that is out in the world, can have
and the “beautiful” princess is thin and extremely feminine. She continues by discussing the negative effects of reality television. She uses examples like America’s Next Top Model, The Hills, and The Real Housewives of Orange County, which promote unrealistic body image. In these particular shows, real life women are symbolizing the “average woman” in America. “These women are the prime examples of how our culture’s standard for attractiveness has reached an unhealthy level,” says Kovar. She points
individual is very smart and somewhat nerdy-- but maybe that is not the case. Sadly, that automatic judgement is generated from stereotypes and how they have made people ignore differences between individuals. With this, it is easy to look past one’s real identity and think something that may not necessarily be true. Stereotypes are often used in society to categorize specific groups of people as all being one certain