The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: Girlboss, Gaslight, Gatekeep

There are many befuddling things about life in the Dubai Housewives universe — the fact that the live-in staff exists in the background of scenes like ambient furniture, the emphasis on procreation, the incoherence in dress codes for group events — but where the franchise truly shines is in portraying bizarre versions of what should be very normal events. It puts regular activities in a kaleidoscope, throws a bunch of gold dust and class exploitation on top, and regurgitates it back onto our screen...