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By JANA BANIN<\/p>\n
(6NoBacon.com) — \u201cPrincesses: Long Island,\u201d the new reality show on Bravo,\u00a0appears to be as bad for the Jews as we had feared.<\/p>\n
Like some other cultural gems on the network, such as the \u201cReal Housewives\u201d franchise and \u201cShahs of Sunset,\u201d the new offering centers on a few spunky, wealthy women who live to shop, date and throw tantrums.<\/p>\n
These princesses live in a magical land called Long Island, where 20-something Jewish women wait for Jewish men to arrive from Wall Street and sweep them off their feet and out of their parents\u2019 suburban castles.<\/p>\n
On the premiere episode that aired Sunday night, the Jewish angle was established almost immediately: The camera panned to welcome signs for Jewishly dense towns like Great Neck and Roslyn, along with images of a synagogue and Judaica store.<\/p>\n
First we meet Chanel, a \u201cModern Orthodox\u201d 27- year-old.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe keep kosher, keep Shabbos, and we live at home until we\u2019re married,\u201d she says of her religious affiliation.<\/p>\n
Chanel is having a hard time. Not only is she dealing with the breakup with her boyfriend of 10 months, who left her for a 19-year-old, her 24-year-old sister is marrying before her.\u00a0 Chanel also is a friend of Erica, who in high school was known as \u201cthe hottest girl on Long Island.\u201d<\/p>\n
Next up is Ashlee, who we meet while she is having a pedicure with her adoring dad, who laughs at every awful comment that comes out of her mouth. \u201cMy father is amazing,\u201d the 29-year-old gushes.<\/p>\n
Enter Amanda, 26, who lives with her overbearing, codependent mother, Barbara, who \u201cthinks she\u2019s my best friend.\u201d Amanda is one of the lucky ones — she\u2019s in a serious relationship with Jeff, a 38-year-old guy she met on the Long Island Rail Road.<\/p>\n
Amanda\u2019s familial and romantic relationships are the source of some of the show’s juiciest material. She is certain she\u2019s going to marry Jeff, and she talks about it — a lot.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, her meddling mother is calling in the middle of the couple\u2019s \u201chot\u201d date and tagging along when he takes Amanda shopping for bathing suits.<\/p>\n
\u201cJeff loves to see me in a bathing suit, and I\u2019m bringing my mom so she can pay,\u201d Amanda says.<\/p>\n
Jeff, who speaks in the same whiny Long Island drawl as his girlfriend and her friends, has a creepy vibe. At a pool party Erica throws at her cousin\u2019s \u201cridonculous\u201d mansion, a sassy woman named Sarah accosts the happy couple and pisses off Amanda by announcing she is Facebook friends with Jeff.<\/p>\n
It turns out the Sarah-Jeff relationship online isn’t so innocent. Jeff, like, totally stalked Sarah on Facebook, and he is, she confirms, a freak. Then Sarah describes him using a gay slur and all hell breaks loose. Insults are hurled, tears are shed, drinks are thrown.<\/p>\n
The party not only permits the requisite reality show drama, it’s also a device to convey the geography and class distinctions of the area. Sarah is a \u201ctypical South Shore girl,\u201d while the main characters hail from the much more upscale North Shore. Sarah was invited to the party by fellow South Shore resident Joey, who we met earlier when Ashlee picked up Sarah for a shopping trip.<\/p>\n
\u201cOy, I\u2019m in Freeport and it\u2019s not what I\u2019m used to,\u201d Ashlee exclaims over the phone to her dad as she drives through Joey\u2019s neighborhood. He calms his daughter by telling her to appreciate what she has.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know people don\u2019t live like us,\u201d she says. \u201cI want to give everyone a hug and then get the hell out.\u201d<\/p>\n