'Calabasas Confidential' Review: Netflix Reality Show Fails to Find the Next Kardashians
By
Alison Herman
Warm and crisp on the edges. A bagel with a bit of bite.
Summary
A review of Netflix's new reality series 'Calabasas Confidential,' which attempts to mine the same reality TV gold that made the Kardashians famous. The show follows a group of 20-somethings in Calabasas, but the review argues it lacks the authentic star power and cultural impact of its predecessors, ultimately falling short of finding the next generation of reality TV royalty.
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· 3 pulledThe producers of the new Netflix series 'Calabasas Confidential' are betting there's still some ore left in this gold mine, and have assembled a small army of 20somethings in the hopes at least one of them will turn out to be the next Kim.
Calabasas — tucked into the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains on the San Fernando Valley's far western edge — is, in many ways, ground zero for reality TV as we know it.
This is the home of the Kardashians, the genre's first family, whose rise to fame familiarized the world with the small city's cavernous McMansions and upscale strip malls.
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