Some Spoiled Rich Girls Are Better Than Others

I’ll unashamedly admit that John and I are known to watch the “reality” TV programming. Survivor, Joe Millionaire, Rich Girls, The Simple Life, I’ve pretty much seen em’ all. (I did skip the Bachelorette wedding thing — watching someone else plan a $5M wedding gives me a headache.) But not all reality shows are created equal.

One of our favorites this year has been MTV’s Rich Girls, which followed Ally Hilfiger and Jaime Gleicher through the pampered streets of the Upper West Side. It combines two things that are always highly entertaining — post-adolescent teen drama and high-end designer shopping. But it was also very sweet, and I spent much of the time marveling over how “normal” they seemed. I remember having the same vapid conversations about wanting to save the world, be treated like a grown-up, get the dreamy friend-boy to fall in love with me…

On the opposite side of the spectrum, I only made it through half an episode of the truly awful Simple Life, the Paris Hilton show about how awful it is to live in Arkansas when you’re a complete brat.

A lot of critics were originally comparing the two shows, but this NYT article agrees that Rich Girls wins, hands down.

Posted by becky at December 30, 2003 11:33 AM