Real Housewives of Vancouver: Episode 4

I was hopeful the Real Housewives of Vancouver would get more entertaining as we went along, but tonight’s episode, Pass the Peace Pipe, was another snore fest. There were, however, enough bits of nastiness, stupidity, hypocrisy and embarrassment, as well as the promise of future drama to keep me hooked.

Let us start with Ronnie:

Ronnie is shown playing tennis with her niece. The private court they play on is a virtual piece of structural art, which partially juts over the Pacific and provides a breath-taking view. Ronnie even acknowledges this natural beauty (although it sounds more like she is acknowledging the beauty of the manmade structure she owns and not necessarily the actual environment).

Kiss my privileged ass you environmentalists AND your stupid ocean!!

In any case, whether she is paying homage to the environment or to herself, it is a tad disturbing when she then callously jokes about keeping Spalding in business with all the $10 tennis balls she frequently lobs into the ocean – the same ocean scientists consider the lifeblood of planet Earth.

I cannot think of a more fitting symbol for the obscene excesses of the “top one percent”, which Ronnie represents, than a brand new, overpriced tennis ball floating out to pollute the sea, while a privileged woman brags about it in the background. It is a disgrace when people like this use the bulk of their wealth and power to showcase themselves, while damaging our precious planet in the process.

And let us end with Christina:

I'll punch you out Jody...or I'll say I'm sorry that I let you bully me..either way.

Christina states that she was aggressively bullied as a kid. Since then, she says, she has not had an encounter with a bully until now with Jody. But she’s had enough of Jody’s bullying and is “toughening" up. So what does she do? She takes up boxing and has a session with a hypnotherapist.

First of all, what is her plan, to knock Jody out with a power punch to the head? Great idea. Call me crazy, but I just don’t see how being sent to jail for physical assault is going to improve the situation in ANY way.

Second of all, by going to a therapist – even a fruit-loop hypnotherapist – Christina demeans herself by doing exactly what Jody so condescendingly told her and Mary to do last week, which was to seek therapy. Besides that, the hypnotherapy is a dismal FAILURE, which becomes obvious later on at a “peace table” dinner Reiko suggests they get together for at the Coast Restaurant.

Almost from the moment Christina sits down to join them Jody starts picking on her. She implies Christina is lazy and useless, does nothing all day and is basically living a life of leisure on someone else’s buck.

Then to add insult to injury, after someone comments on the ugly ass necklace hanging from Jody’s neck, Jody quips that it could be “Christina’s chastity belt”, alluding once again to Christina’s lascivious reputation. Outrageous! I am offended on Christina’s behalf, but there is no need to worry because Christina has come prepared – she’s had her boxing lesson, she’s had hypnosis – and finally Jody is going to get the tongue lashing she deserves. Christina will be the one to figuratively and maybe even literally put that nasty piece of estrogen, Jody, in her place.

Well, no, that’s NOT what happens.

What does happen is that after an initial half-hearted attempt to defend herself, Christina “takes the high road” (acquiesces) and apologizes to Jody! NO! You never apologize to a bully for the love of Buddha; all that does is feed her insatiable appetite and give her a taste for your own blood. Good god, Christina!

Alright, don’t worry about me…I’ll get over it...eventually.

So to recap, if we can go by this reality show, Vancouver is not the best place in the world to have cosmetic surgery, go through rehab, or consult a hypnotherapist.

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