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In the early 2000s, the rise of reality television brought with it a new type of celebrity: the reality TV star. Often flighty and fame-hungry and always looking for the next party, these young new celebrities filled the pages of gossip magazines and fashion magazines alike. And in the comedy Reality Queen! one of those reality celebrities sits down for a tell-all interview.
Reality Queen! stars Julia Faye West as London Logo, a pretty blonde heiress who turned her love of being in the spotlight into a career. From modeling as a child to making paid appearances to a popular reality TV show, Heir Heads, London was one of the first to be famous for being famous. To give fans a closer look at the life of the reality TV star, British journalist Diana Smelt-Marlin (Kate Orsini) sets up an interview and spends days following London, exploring her fabulous home, spending time with her friends and her staff, and encountering her reality nemesis, Kristy Kim (Candace Kita).
It doesn’t take long to figure out that “London” is a ditzy blonde parody of socialite and reality TV star Paris Hilton. The references are pretty obvious: the tiny pet, the annoying catch phrases, the nip slips, the sex tape, the squad, the rivalries and backstabbing, the DJ career. And, had it been released about a decade ago, Reality Queen! may have seemed less like old news. Now, a parody of Paris Hilton and her friends seems almost entirely irrelevant. The jokes are all pretty old. Tiny dogs are so 2009—as are jokes about Kristy Kim (a.k.a. Kim Kardashian) and her big butt. There’s simply nothing new or original here.
At one point, London talks about her close relationship with her younger cousin, who tells cameras that his cousin always says that she used to be famous, but none of his friends have heard of her. And that’s how this whole movie feels. For those of us who remember Paris Hilton’s glory days, it may be somewhat amusing, but even those who once watched her reality shows and read all of the latest gossip stopped caring years ago. And that makes this celebutante comedy feel about as hip as low-rise jeans and butterfly clips.
If you miss the days of Paris and Nicole, of The Simple Life, and of “That’s hot,” then Reality Queen! will definitely take you back. But it’s not really a relevant, up-to-date, or especially original comedy.
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