The war against the one-percent will be televised and laughed at a lot.
Grab your Rosé and pumpkin-spiced crappaccinos, lovelies. Lifetime had The College Admissions Scandal plotted and cast by the time Aunt Becky perp-walked into the courthouse smiling and signing autographs.
They hammed it up in glorious fashion, too.
Sadly, the movie was highly-fictionalized, so we didn't get reenactments of America's favorite Desperate Housewife and Uncle Jesse's ageless wife enduring this juicy scandal.
Instead, we got Caroline and Bethany -- two successful and overbearing momsters -- who were caught up in Operation Varsity Blues.
Related: Michelle Paradise Gets Personal About Adapting Trapped: The Alice Cooper Story for Lifetime
One can only hope the efforts put into making them as detestable and loathsome as possible was intentional. Bethany's entitlement and vapid Caroline's obtuse grasp of her own privilige were stunning.
However, it did make the sweet sound of metal clinking...
Grab your Rosé and pumpkin-spiced crappaccinos, lovelies. Lifetime had The College Admissions Scandal plotted and cast by the time Aunt Becky perp-walked into the courthouse smiling and signing autographs.
They hammed it up in glorious fashion, too.
Sadly, the movie was highly-fictionalized, so we didn't get reenactments of America's favorite Desperate Housewife and Uncle Jesse's ageless wife enduring this juicy scandal.
Instead, we got Caroline and Bethany -- two successful and overbearing momsters -- who were caught up in Operation Varsity Blues.
Related: Michelle Paradise Gets Personal About Adapting Trapped: The Alice Cooper Story for Lifetime
One can only hope the efforts put into making them as detestable and loathsome as possible was intentional. Bethany's entitlement and vapid Caroline's obtuse grasp of her own privilige were stunning.
However, it did make the sweet sound of metal clinking...
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