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Last month saw the Netflix release of Singapore Social. The show follows a cast of semi-famous 20- and 30-somethings in Singapore, including pop singer Tabitha Nauser, burlesque performer Sukki Singapora and fashion influencer Mae Tan, as they attend parties and imbibe fancy drinks at swanky bars.
Together with the other three co-leads – actor-host Paul Foster, blockchain entrepreneur Nicole Ong and YouTuber Vinny Sharp – they flit around their Crazy Rich Asians-esque social spheres.
Local viewers hated it.
Social media was flooded with scathing comments: the cast is vapid, it does not depict Singapore realistically and the leads do not speak Singlish (a blend of Singaporean slang and English).
Of course, anyone who is even vaguely familiar with The Hills, The Kardashians or Real Housewives – part of a subgenre of reality TV that allows viewers to navel gaze at the lifestyles of the privileged – will know that vapidity and conceit is a given.
People tune in to gawk at the videogenic casts’ #richpeopleproblems, designer wardrobes and bitchy comments about each other.
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