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Participants comment that the portrayal plays into a fantasy of promiscuous, glamorous, and virtuous women constantly embroiled in melodramas. It’s a caricature of what some might imagine women of a certain age and social status to be—a parody that feels more like a spectacle of excess than meaningful storytelling.
The Excess of Plastic and Makeup
The show’s production quality is sharply criticized, notably the overuse of plastic surgery effects and makeup that leave characters looking almost robotic. Glen Close’s character is noted as being so immobile that she sounds like a voice box or robotic figure. Such visual choices further reinforce the artificial, parody-like nature of the series.