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Monday, October 5, 2009 , Updated 6:49 p.m., December 6, 2009
New show Dallas Divas & Daughters is real-life version of Mean Girls
Except this time, there are moms involved. They're even cattier than their daughters.
No more new episodes of Dallas Divas & Daughters are in the works, according to the website. Here's a glimpse of all the Divas reviews on PegNews:
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Here are your five rich girls: Laura, Hannah, Chanel, Courtney, and Jacky. But just to make things interesting, the show suggests that Jacky, on the far right, isn't actually rich.
Reality TV has invaded five ritzy households in Dallas in the new reality show Dallas Divas & Daughters on the Style Network. The 30-minute show follows the gossip sessions, ladies lunches, and soirees of mother-daughter duos in the big D, showing all the world just how much class money can buy.
Even before it all begins, the show it set up for girl drama. There are four sets of Dallas families who apparently really have the money to be buying their daughters Hummers for their 16th birthdays and Prada heels. They are: Pamela and Hannah, “the aristocrats”; Kenya and Chanel, “the princesses”; Cindy and Courtney, “the heartbreakers”; and Brenda and Laura, “the debutantes.” But then there's Patricia and Jacky, “the wannabes.” While they live in the Highland Park area and wear all the fancy clothing, Patricia and Jacky live in an apartment. Add to that, they're chronically late to every high society function (when they're invited) and Patricia is accused by other mom Pamela for always wearing (gasp!) bad make-up.
Let the fun begin.
The season premiere on Sunday, Oct. 4 showed the four mother-daughter groups getting along quite well as they waited for punctually-challenged Patricia and Jacky. The event this week was an afternoon at the Las Colinas Polo Club set up by Pamela, who informs us in an on-camera interview, “We've definitely earned our place in Dallas' high society.”
Most of the women are donning outrageous hats and fancy dresses, purchased from Dallas shops Tootsies and Terry Costa. Mom Cindy, who has been married three times and has the most outrageous Dallas hair on the show, is on the prowl. She tells us “she almost exclusively dates losers,” but is later seen flirting with the 20-something foreign polo player.
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Brenda, Laura, Courtney, and Cindy gather at the Las Colinas Polo Club. Cindy, on the far right, tells us she "almost exclusively dates losers."
Meanwhile, daughter Chanel is trying to act cool around her mom, who she says desperately wants to be her friend and it's soo weird. Chanel is full of fun high school catchphrases, like this one to her mom: “If you wear gloves, I don't think I'm going to talk to you.”
During the polo game, the ladies are politely schmoozing and gossiping about “the wannabes,” who have yet to show. When they finally do, Pamela loudly mentions how rude it is to be late to one of the other moms. “You can't come two hours late to an event. Otherwise, people stop inviting you,” Pamela says. Fifteen minutes is as late as you can be; that's called southern grace, she says. You should be writing this stuff down.
The episode comes to a close rather quickly – you can't get much done in a 30-minute reality show – as mom Brenda calls Patricia “superficial” and a few other moms follow suit. Her daughter Laura's advice at the very beginning of the show couldn't be more true by the end: “There's a huge difference – don't forget it – between being spoiled and acting spoiled.”
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Concert-goers in Dallas should shut up and listen
I seriously suspect that a great many people out there are so accustomed to chatting in front of the
Concert-goers in Dallas should shut up and listen
Only recent Granada show I've seen was Sleigh Bells. I couldn't hear a damn thing in regular life f
Concert-goers in Dallas should shut up and listen
i've seen 2 shows at the granada where the artist stopped playing until people shut up. problem was
Teresa Gubbins, staff:
Merritt and her posse <a href="http://blog.peoplenewspapers.com/2009/10/04/dallas-divas-and-daughters-our-locally-national-train-wreck-from-the-depths-of-total-hell/">horrified</a> by the show.
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Jesus Valadez, verified:
My girlfriend also got scared by this. I would have watched it with her but I don't have the style network. (damn you directv!! Taking away my style and G4. I will miss you Olivia munn)
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LaDivina, anonymous:
"showing all the world just how much class money can buy."
Sorry, but this just proves that money cannot buy class....
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Pavel Lishin, verified:
I read the first paragraph and started wondering who in the world could possibly give a crap.
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jtmbls, anonymous:
If anyone did, they would have already been snapped up by Bravo for the Real Housewives series...Which would have made it nearly tolerable.
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Scott Doyle, verified:
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
It's a pretty embarrassing representation of how "Dallas people" live. That said, I'll definitely continue watching. I've lived in Dallas all my life and never met anyone half as ridiculous as these women. Should make for good "reality" TV!
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Pavel Lishin, verified:
<i>Should make for good "reality" TV! </i>
Please tell me you're being double-sarcastic, and that you wouldn't actually find that show entertaining.
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jtmbls, anonymous:
I interpreted it more like she was being held at gunpoint and forced to type those words. My best guess is that chick in the black dress...She looks like she means business.
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DFWYVR, anonymous:
This reminds me of the show "Who wants to be a Hilton?" It was SO crass. I don't understand why people want to emulate the rich anyway. I guess programs about the rich keep the Proletariat entertained and diverted so that they don't revolt. But you will not see the REAL "upper class" on one of these reality shows. They don't want public attention, in fact they prefer privacy and like to stay in the shadows.
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guccigirl1, anonymous:
DEAR GOD HELP US IN DALLAS IF THIS IS WHAT GOES ON THE AIR AND ACROSS THE WORLD!! PLEASSSSSSEEEEEE, REMOVE THESE STUPID RIDICULOUS MOMS AND CLONES...NOTICE THE DADS ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND OR FILMED!!!DUHHHHH!!! WE DO NOT NOW, NOR EVER CLAIM THESE SLEEEZZZZY WOMEN AND THEIR OFFSPRINGS!! TO MAKE NOOOOOOOOOOO MISTAKE.... I AM TALKING TO ALLLLLLLL OF YOU.. HANNAH'S MOM IS SICK SICK SICK!! ICK ICK ICK!!! YOU DO NOTTTTTT REPRESENT!!!
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guccigirl1, anonymous:
Ohhhhhhhhhhh... and I NEVER NEVER EVER RESPOND TO SUCH THINGS ..... BUT DANGGGGGGGGGG I SIMPLY CAN'T TAKE IT ON THE TV.... PLEASSE STOPPPPPP!
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kmachin, anonymous:
OMG! If this is how the rich live, please, I would rather be in the gutter. Hannah's mother is a complete b#$@%. The blonde daughter is so not cute, but she thinks she looks like a million bucks with the swoopy doo bang going on. She has no style, no cooth, and she is not intelligent. Jacky is really the only one that is near human, and that is reaching! Her mother is the wierdest, ugliest thing I have ever seen. I cannot believe these idiots are on television. It goes to show you why they call it the "idiot box"! It drives me so crazy, I find myself yelling at the television. What is this world coming to? They are ALL disgusting. Hannah's mother needs hairdo, manners, and really is completely revolting. Pleeeeeze get rid of them all. They are an awful representation of "wealth"!!! Their husband's should be ashamed of them all. And really, if they were as rich as they claim, they would not need to expose their fake lives on television for a pay check! One last thing, Chanel, spring for a weave!
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Jason Rice, verified:
Well, looks like the network's take on hooking people on outrage trapped yet another two.
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annenyc, anonymous:
This is a train wreck I can't stop watching. Pamela is probably THE ULTIMATE low class because of her behavior--how can she possibly think that she is a still (if she ever was) a member of Dallas Society? The following disqualify her right away: (1) accepting $$$ to expose her family on TV (there are 3 times you should be in the media, Mrs. Society), (2) Her disgraceful and continued bad treatment of people who are obviously less fortunate than her and (3) Throwing the finger on both hands at a garden party. Who IS this rude, rough women. She would last about 2 seconds in most circles.
Secondly, as a former Southern debutante, I have never heard of "Debutantes" spoken of and treated like a vocational training course where one learns to change tires and the like. It is a frivolous, yet fun tradition and trying to justify its purpose with tire changing instruction is pointless and absurd. The debutante organization they are in must be some kind of nouveau riche one where these things aren't well understood.
All in all, it is hoot watching these people run around trying (and failing miserably) to prove their worth.
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bling4bitches, anonymous:
omg do i love this show paty and jacky are my fav's dont reli like pam at all bit STUCK up hersel
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starlene_27, anonymous:
This is the worst show i have ever seen. Like the previous poster i found myself talking at the TV. These people are such Bi*s!! The blonde lady needs to learn some real southern manners!! Cause this lady is so not nice. She acts like shes Gods gift and she's really really NOT. The blonde girl that is on the show is one of the ugliest girls i have ever seen! And the chic thinks shes beautiful and too good for anyone. That girl would be lucky to marry a plumber that shows his tail when he bends over!!! I will never watch this show again. It makes me sick. If this is how rich ppl act then i am glad i am middle class. Some of us have to work for a living!!! Get a life dummys! Jacky is the only one on the show that seems like shes down to earth. I hope she does well at college and is proud of herself for what she accomplishes.
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