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Speaker 0 00:00:00 What do the letters? K U w T K mean to you? If you thought it was a radio station call sign, or perhaps a Kazakh government agency, you'd be me the meaning of that acronym. I learned only this weekend stands for a narrative which transcends Western culture within this narrative. There exists as sort of every man, not as a character within the story itself, but existing on the periphery reacting to said story. Many of you listening already know the meaning I'm talking of course, about keeping up with the Kardashians.
Speaker 1 00:00:35 Welcome to my family. Kim I'm Kim Kardashian. The princess is a in the building. I'm Chloe
Speaker 0 00:00:44 Keeping up with the Kardashians debuted on entertainment television in 2007, the formula was simple. Each episode showed the inner lives of the privileged Kardashian. Jenn family members there'd be some drama. Usually between Kim, Chloe, or another one of the sisters about something that small enough to be resolved in an hour, there was widespread condemnation, critics and consumers alike made fun of the show, the family members themselves, and more importantly, the shallow Hollywood lifestyle, the Kardashians represented. This is all to say that people watched the hell out of it. Keeping up with the Kardashians became the reality TV show and re a genre. The show went on for 20 seasons. That's 14 years keeping up started while Bush was in power and ended year into the Biden presidency. That's longer than most. Puntas should also be mentioned that the reason the show ended is because the Kardashians wanted it to end, but barely a year after can U WT K Kardashians into deal to reboot the show.
Speaker 0 00:01:49 Hulu agreed to pay them nine figures for exclusive airing rights, the title for the new show trimmed to all the fat leaving just the Kardashians. Talk to someone on the street and chances are, they're gonna have an opinion on the Kardashians. They'll probably talk about how they represent the culture of celebrity worship that they're famous for being famous, all those different talking points. I had read reviews online, criticizing the new Hulu show for not taking enough risks and relying on the same formula as keeping up. I of course, had never seen keeping up. So I really didn't mind it. And having watched the first episode, that's really what I think of the show as a whole. I don't mind it this past Friday night, I turned on the first episode of the Kardashians, despite not having billions of dollars in the bodacious body of Kim K.
Speaker 0 00:02:40 I found myself enjoying the show. Part of it is that I'm from Los Angeles and there's a certain not in senior hometown in the eyes of a tourist. Watching the show also took me back to when I was a kid. In the first episode, the family hosts a quote unquote, normal backyard, barbecue and eats catered chicken nuggets and Mac and cheese from stainless steel serving bowls. Occasionally I went on elementary school, play dates at a certain friend's home in the Hollywood Hills ging into that stratospheric level of privilege. The open floor plans, the sleek white exterior finishes. My most vivid memory was observing how UN turbed at all scenes by it, the BIA clothing, the luxury mansions their entire life. Back when I was a kid, I remember feeling uncomfortable when I was at that friend's house, looking at all the wealth, I felt like I had intruded on some sacred ritual. I had no right witnessing. And yet there I was standing on the church looking into a foreign world. I was observing unmistakable normalcy relative of course, but normalcy, nonetheless, speaking of normalcy, the show attempts, normal situations that you and I might have. I've already mentioned the backyard barbecue. And during that, there's a moment when St. West came in common, he's playing Roblox on the iPad. He comes over to Kim with the tablet to show her what he's doing. And Kim realizes there's an inappropriate thing in the game.
Speaker 4 00:04:17 Oh,
Speaker 2 00:04:18 Hold on, Chloe. You look at this.
Speaker 4 00:04:23 Let me see. I can put a pillow in a chair.
Speaker 2 00:04:26 Chloe, come here. I feel like you,
Speaker 0 00:04:27 The only one I have a seven year old brother who also plays Roblox and inevitably I've also been in those awkward situations. It was a cool moment knowing I could empathize with Kim Kardashian, even over something innocuous as seeing something in iPad game.
Speaker 2 00:04:42 Oh, well then we're suing them. If it's a game with my name and picture,
Speaker 0 00:04:45 That is until it's revealed what's on the screen.
Speaker 2 00:04:48 I looked at it and it said something super inappropriate, like Kim's new sex tape. This is supposed to be unreleased footage from my old sex tape. The last thing that I want as a mom is from my past to be brought up 20 years later, especially when it's
Speaker 0 00:05:06 This for the rest of the episode, Kim tries Sue Roblox to remove her sex tape from the game. She's worried that it will distract people from her upcoming appearance hosting Saturday night live. So yeah, it's not quite our town, but the Kardashians is still entertaining. If you have the password to your sister's two Lu premium account, like I do, I highly recommend checking out. The first episode, episode two is already out and episode three comes out on April 28th. So yeah, for w Nur news, I'm Nick song and I just reviewed the Kardashians.
Speaker 2 00:05:41 The princess is in the building. I'm Chloe.
