Kathy Hilton’s blissful unawareness lets Real Housewives of Beverly Hills finally embrace camp

Slate

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has always trafficked in flagrant extravagance, with women parading around in tacky designer fashion and flaunting their supposed wealth, but a dash of desperation was ever present," says Daniel Schroeder. "The sense that these women needed the show, whether for vanity, status, or even just a paycheck often left me feeling hollow. It’s difficult to view these hyper-managed personas too caught up in the awareness of audience perception through the lens of camp, because it doesn’t allow for anything deeper. The artificial isn’t hiding anything here except insecurity, so there’s no chance for whimsy or surprise. More than any other franchise, Beverly Hills usually appeared to be a show about the guarded self-perception these women were willing to share, rather than any version of truth. But Kathy Hilton couldn’t care less. She enjoys gleefully popping the bubbles of these women’s delusions as much as she loves inhabiting her own." ALSO: Kyle Richards was rushed to the hospital after jumping into pool to escape a swarm of bees.