Why #RichKidsOfBeverlyHills is #Fabuluxe

If you're anyone in the world of pop culture, chances are you're as much of an E! junky as I am. The entertainment network has produced a string of hits over the years, in addition to several Kardashian divorces. But, that's a blog for another time! If you're watching E! daily (like I am!), its easy for me to assume that you're obsessing over the networks latest gem, #RichKidsOfBeverlyHills.

 #RichKids is a show that follows a group of friends living the high life in the super posh 90210. As soon as I saw the first promo for the show, I immediately fell to me knees and praised the Gods of entertainment. I've waited for this show my entire life! In fact, I'm pretty sure I invented it on a 100 degree run last summer. Only it was on Bravo, and actually involved teens. Much like the time my mother invented the debit card. Apparently we both fail at capitalizing on our ideas, which is why I'm only a #MidToUpperMiddleClassKidOfKansasCity. 

The #RichKids on Monday's #Bethenny 

Moving on, #RKOBH, finally premiered on January 19th and it couldn't have been more #Fabuluxe. It was everything  that I had spent hours a day praying it would be. If not more! I Tweeted along with the show, because that's what I do. Sadly, I was beyond shocked to find that people were hating on my new crew of Beverly Hills besties. While I was day dreaming of hitting Rodeo with Dorothy and Morgan, most of the downers on Twitter were complaining about the "pretentious" nature of the show. As Dorothy would say, "things got very Vh1". The very next day, the crew made an appearance on my daytime show of  choice #Bethenny, to discuss their new #E!venture. That's when the unthinkable happened! The audience was allowed to share their reactions to the show with the cast, and ask them questions. This usually ends up being a violent firing squad, as evidenced by the time Bethenny had Farrah Abraham (you know her, the Teen Mom porn star sex tape victim) on the show. As I suspected, the overly aggressive audience began throwing some serious shade at the #RichKids. They were complaining that they couldn't "relate" to the show, and that the cast flaunts their wealth. Ya know, typical things that average people say when it comes to the rich. I felt strongly about these reactions, because I fail to see a valid reason behind any of the audience members claims. 

Its very rare that as a Television viewer, you can "relate" to everything you watch. Are you seriously trying to tell me that you can relate to the Kardashians? Because last time I checked, they had explosive ratings. So, one of two things is happening here. 1. A larger portion of America is made up of rich Armenians with sex tapes than I've been led to believe. Or B. You're religiously watching a show that you can't relate to. I think we all know which of these choices is most accurate. In addition to these claims, lets discuss Instagram. It was largely argued on Twitter that the #RichKids flaunt their wealth using the social media application. I wouldn't call this flaunting. They simply share photos of their lives. Much like "normal" people share photos of theirs. They post photos of filet mignon. You post photos of fruit loops. It's all about the walk of life from which you come! Its not some malicious scheme to make you envy them. By the standard of most of crazy Tweeters and Bethenny audience members, these #RichKids shouldn't be allowed to use social media because they're rich. It's an invalid complaint, and I personally find it to be highly ignorant on the part of middle America. Get over yourselves! These people shouldn't be judged for having been financially blessed, just as they shouldn't judge you (and they're not!) for not being as well off. In the words of Cher Horowitz, "if the government could just get to the kitchen, rearrange some things, we could certainly party with the Haitians." The government in this case being middle America, and the Haitians being the #RichKids. We need pop culture equality, and we need it stat! 

That being said, #RichKids is a real life take on the wealth based TV shows and films that we've all grown to love over the years. Why is it that a show like Beverly Hills 90210 was allowed to define a generation, but a real take on that very show is dismissed as pretentious fluff? If you can thoughtfully answer that question, I urge you to leave a rebuttal in the comments section or Tweet me your opinion @AustinBarns. 

If you're not tuning into #RichKids on Sunday nights, you're missing out. The show features real life friends Jonny Drubel, Morgan Stewart, Dorothy Wang, Roxy Sowlaty, and Brendan Fitzpatrick, and airs weekly at 10|e on E!