"This week on our favorite television program, Rich Women Doing Things, the rich women did things in Sedona. They played bumper cars in the supermarket and, after nearly flattening an irate local, instead of stopping, they just kept playing. They went shopping for $500 globes, $1,400 blanket coats, and $2,300 sets of turquoise jewelry without even wondering whether any of it was cultural appropriation."
"Rachel is from an earlier era, when being a reality star wasn't as defined a role and the Housewives were just getting started. I think that's why she shows up as herself, because that's what she learned how to do her first time on Bravo. She's one of the few recruits in a long time without a preconceived notion of what the job is or how she should do it."
Affluent women travel to Sedona and behave recklessly in public, including dangerous bumper-car play in a supermarket that nearly injures a local. They indulge in conspicuous luxury shopping, buying expensive globes, blanket coats, and turquoise jewelry without questioning cultural appropriation. The group undertakes a strenuous hike to commune with crystals, performing ritualized gestures like feeding crystals water. Much of the social energy centers on discussing Sutton, but Rachel Zoe becomes a focal figure. Rachel presents as an authentic, eccentric presence from an earlier reality-TV era, fitting into the group while bringing a spooky, kooky persona albeit not necessarily generating major conflict.
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