The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Messy Boots and Porsha’s Truth

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Truly studious fans know that the Housewives oeuvre is split into two distinct periods — before the franchise permanently entered the cultural zeitgeist as an acceptable guilty pleasure and after when even Ben Stiller publicly admits to enjoying the cinematic levels of storytelling we get from our ladies. This latter era introduced what one fan calls “parody Housewives,” a nod to the franchise morphing into a self-referential caricature with cast members and scenarios...