For once, there's an ensemble talk show that doesn't have minorities as tokens, but the entire show is made up of minorities! However, as another reviewer said, there's not enough "real" about it. It seems as though Tamera and Loni are the only ones who embrace their natural color hair- mostly, and Adrienne and Tamera are the only wearing their "natural" hair. Why make a big deal about hair and not content? Because you can't really claim real if you are manufactured and they squandered an opportunity to showcase minority women in all their natural glory. I thought I would never say this, but why is Loni almost the mature of all of them? I enjoy her on "The World's Dumbest," but she moderates like a boss and takes her role seriously. She keeps the discussion on track and breaks up the frequent catfights. It doesn't even seem as if the ladies all even like each other, which makes for really bad chemistry. If I wanted catfights, I'd tune into the numerous "reality" shows out there, but what I wanted was a more down to earth version of "The View" and "The View." Instead, what I get is this. And their segments on recipes is laughable as none of them look like they would ever prepare such, much less eat it. The games are semi-fun, although they, like Wendy Williams' games, delve too much in the personal making the guests look visibly uncomfortable. It's a shame that the show could lose one co- host, and I think you know who she is, and not suffer. The classiest of the quintet are Tamera, Jeannie and Loni (even with her sometimes off color comments). Adrienne provides that Latina sass. No more comments.
Review of The Real
