THIS IS LONG. AS A NON JEW and a non conservative woman, just have to sayโฆ.
This show drove me crazy.
1. Julia escaped. Understood. Her Orthodox community was horrible? Hm. Well, every single Orthodox person on this show seemed wayyyyyyy more normal and sane than Julia and her non-Orthodox children. Juliaโs first ex husband seemed rational, balanced, caring, giving, and non attention hungry. Her sister and youngest son seemed the same way. On the other hand, something is v off with Julia, her youngest daughter, and her two elder children. The obsessions with sex and materialism, the garish fashion, the obvious uselessness of Julia and her children, itโs all just nauseating - too much and yet empty as the same time. Holy cow.
2. Itโs totally dishonest to present Julia as a self made businesswoman. Like many other WW, her businesses and wealth were literally funded by both her rich ex husbands. Her first husband - very financially well off. Iโm sure she did whatever work she needed to to start her โshoe companyโ but itโs very easy to get into rooms of influence when youโre rich. Secondly and most importantly, HER SECOND EX HUSBAND Silvio IS A BILLIONAIRE AND HE LITERALLY GAVEEEEE HER THE JOB at Elite World Group. Sheโs not some self made millionaire CEO!
3. It drives me crazy the way they paint Silvio to be some useless, loud, bumbling Italian househusband. He is ACTUALLY her boss, and gave Julia every high earning job she had. They constantly trash Juliaโs first ex too, and he seems sound and kind. When these two men agreed to take part in filming, Iโm sure they did so not expecting to be represented this badly by someone they trust.
4. STYLE!!! She works in fashion. Style is individual but Lord have mercy. Iโm sure itโll sound hypocritical but my God, her style is garish! Why does she not have a stylist?! Where does she even find this tacky stuff?? How can anyone take her seriously in these SHOCKINGLY tacky outfits? Does anyone take her seriously?
5. Juliaโs assistant is fun but doesnโt even feel real. None of these people do. He is like a caricature, like someone told him to play into every single stereotype of a gay white male.
6. Juliaโs children are legitimately annoying and insufferable. At least her one daughter is in tech/Stanford but that daughter is annoying, personality wise. I mean, making out at company events? Unacceptable. Are you serious? Claiming you couldnโt play sports or use tech growing up? Meanwhile, there are sports awards on the wall and there are pictures of you!!! 2. you used a computer to hack. Stop the lies. I grew up around TONS of ultra Orthodox Jews and they all have cellphones, laptops, drive cars, etc. Anyway, ALL her other children areโฆjust bumps on the log, useless beneficiaries of nepotism. They all act self made and theyโre utterly and completely average, dull, talentless, and airheaded. Her children have no personality, except the youngest daughter who basically does everything her mother pushes her to do, like be over the top sexual in completely inappropriate settings.