Gustavo Arellano: The very LA lessons at the heart of reality TV smash 'Vanderpump Rules'
by Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times
Jun 03, 2024
3 minutes
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LOS ANGELES — For 11 seasons, Bravo's "Vanderpump Rules" has followed the triumphs, tragedies and tomfooleries of a group of Hollywood 20-something nobodies who became 30-something wannabes as the show became a reality TV juggernaut.
Never heard of it? Maybe it's for the better — but you've been missing out on an unlikely morality play about who makes it and who doesn't in the eternal heartbreak that is Los Angeles.
It started as a series about the wait staff at SUR, a loud, overpriced West Hollywood restaurant whose star dish is fried goat cheese balls that aren't as appetizing
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