Mob Wives Chicago Recap: Strippers are People Too

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By PlathAddict | Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | 12:30 pm | 17 Comments
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Anyway, Pia’s been hearing that Nora just might think she is a classless skank or a whore or something. I don’t know, it was hard to follow. Like, I think that Pia, Leah and Christina are friends, but I’m not sure if they also like Renee and are on the fence about Nora. We know that Renee doesn’t like Pia or doesn’t think she is her kind of bitch, but where does that leave Nora?

So, to add to the overall confusion, all of the women along with their judgmental attitudes and perceived grievances decide to go drinking. It is at this point that I realized that Jennifer Graziano was desperate for this to be a hit show. Because, you can actually see the progression of drunkenness over the course of like 5 minutes. Seriously, Pia is TRASHED and slurring and it seems like they just sat down. There is no way you can convince me that she can’t hold her alcohol, so I suspect Jennifer was plying them with drinks for several hours while filming this to ensure that there is a fight to be filmed.

And she gets one. Renee hates Pia and calls her out as the daughter of a rat. Pia confesses that she is not proud of her dad and slurs about how he did nothing for her her entire life and she does not consider herself his daughter or something. And Renee accepts that. You can still see the judgment in her eyes, but she pretends that she can be cool Pia. So, then Christina asks Nora if her dad was a hit man. And that is like something verboten even though, it’s probably the only reason she is on the show in the first place. So, once that awkward moment passes, Pia slurs to Nora about the “whore” accusations.

I might have said you were kind of skanky, but we’re like family. I never said “whore.” I said “whole sale skank.” There’s a difference.

They argue for a minute and then hug it out – probably realizing that they are both too drunk to take this any further.

Only Jennifer hasn’t gotten the money shot yet, so Christina and Renee continue the argument. Christina claims that she is doing this as a supporter of Pia – except she ignores the part where Pia is over it. Then, Pia gets mad at Christina for not letting it drop or for stealing her drink or something – that part got very very confused in my head. And then all hell breaks loose and I can’t figure out who is fighting or why.

You accuse me of stealing your fucking drink? It’s war bitch!

A drink gets thrown, hair gets pulled, the bouncers are pulling them apart, and, sadly, it’s not the least bit enjoyable. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Bad Girls Style throw downs. But, there was no investment here. It felt forced. I haven’t been given any real glimpse into these characters’ lives to decide who, if anyone, I am rooting for. Plus, I ‘m still having a bit of trouble telling the women apart. It’s kind of hard to enjoy a fight when you can’t see who is giving and who is receiving the ass beating.

 

Anyway, this season promises tons more fights in public places, lots of foul language, and more lessons on class from drunk bitches fighting.

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PlathAddict

If there were ever a situation where in which I had to choose between cheese and chocolate, cheese would win hands down. I spend my days writing blog posts for the multi-housing industry and my nights harshly judging people who appear on reality shows. If there is the odd weekend in which I am not working, or feeling smugly satisfied about my lack of my own reality show, I will build a blog for my friends. Then, I will spend the rest of my weekend conning other friends, family members, and general acquaintances to donate their talents to help out. I am shameless in my love of free stuff, blue humor, and great or even terrible fiction. I tell my friends that I watch reality shows to feel better about myself. In actuality, I watch them because I am vastly entertained by the things people will do to be famous. When Flipit asked me to join the TVGasm family, I was honored. When he said that I would be paid in Cheetos and M&M's, I was totally in.

17 Comments

  1. 1
    Chicken Lips
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 4:59 pm

    Thank you PA for touching on the “classy”. When those two broads were talking about their lives and how classy they were, I pointed out (outloud even though I was alone – it was that good!) that if you have to tell everyone you are classy…you probably ain’t classy. Just sayin’. Klasse, maybe, but definitely not classy.

    I was thinking I wouldn’t watch the show – I’m still trying to decide. I don’t know if I have it in me – they will never live up to what we get from Staten Island. Now, if Big Ang decides to vacation in Chicago, then maybe we’ll talk.

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    labowner
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 5:18 pm

    Thanks Plath. I gave you my “don’t read Karen’s book” recap on the mini recap.

    That bar scene was badly edited for shit. All I could figure out is Christina kept it up saying, but it was bothering Pia and she kept talking to me about it so she wouldn’t let the convo go. It was odd, forced and they got very drunk except for Renee. She seemed pretty sober.

    I love the over use of the word “allegedly”.

    Why tell everyone about your secret divorce on TV? I really don’t understand people some days.

  3. 3
    hot cawfee
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 5:48 pm

    Maybe they meant “Class A” like felony and we being lovely folk assumed they meant classy. Mayhap they should read Countless Lulu’s book for she is the doenne of all things class.

    I am so on board with this show. I love Leah and her chubby chasin’ ways. And that hair–totally curled on spoolies.
    And Norah I am on board with your journey and finding out about your Dad. You had me “I’ll have a shot and a cocktail”. Look forward to a personal note each recap from me. Only Lauren Manzo is favored with them. Somehow I don’t think Norah suffers from the moments of self-doubt and loathing or the maternal brow-beating.

  4. 4
    hot cawfee
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 5:50 pm

    Sigh…I miss Big Ang too. Maybe I am transferring that onto Leah.

  5. 5
    PlathAddict PlathAddict
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 4:39 am

    @Chicken Lips, I couldn’t resist poking fun at the CLASSY. Because it’s not just that they are calling themselves classy, it’s that they are on a reality show about drunk bitches fighting calling themselves classy.
    @Lab Owner, I saw the recap and was grateful. Thanks for taking that bullet for me. The divorce thing made no sense to me either. They go to all of these great lengths to keep it secret from their family and child – even continuing to live together, and then spill the news on a national television show?
    @Hot Cawfee, “Class A” I love it! Luanne would shit herself were she to actually come face to face with any of these women. Of course, I would actually pay to see that.
    All in all, the show wasn’t horrible. It just felt really forced, like they were pushing their way through the plot just to get to a fight and the fight was incoherent because it took so much alcohol to get things to a physical point.
    I think back to the first season of the original Mob Wives. There were 2 fights the entire season. The first one was the hair pulling fight at Renee’s house between Renee and Carla. The second one was the rooftop rumble between Karen and Drita. Both of those fights – even though they were surprising – seemed to build from a truly organic place. And, no one was drunk during any of those fights. They physicality came from a build up of tension and in both cases, there was never even any intent to come to blows at all.

  6. 6
    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 5:17 am

    Sigh…you had to give up your love for Tami also Plath? Then I know the producers say “talk about this scene” so yes Tami (and every other reality star) people are going to talk about you. Now whore slut might be a bit far especially if my friend says it, but yes there will be times that people talk about you behind your back even. And guess what…they might NEVER say it to your face.

    I love me some Leah already. When she said she was a chubby chaser she had my heart.

    I didn’t Pia being drunk so quickly either. This might be a stereotype but I figure strippers are good drinkers. I also assume the same about bartenders.

    What also makes me believe your theory about feed the women drinks is, have you ever noticed that most times when the women get together, and this is on all reality tv shows (housewives, bad girls club, etc), they have a driver or a limo taking them to the party. I really think that’s so the women can get as trashed as they please and not have to worry about driving home. Or the producers can get them trashed and not have to worry about a lawsuit if one of the women gets a DUI or worse.

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    PlathAddict PlathAddict
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 5:31 am

    @Classy, yeah. I had to give up on the Tami love. You know I thought she was the only entertaining thing about that hot mess of a show. So, I didn’t watch it regularly, but my sister told me that I had to watch the Tahiti episodes and when I did, I was so embarrassed for Tami. But, then she would be on Twitter and blogging about how she didn’t bully anyone. I couldn’t respect her not owning up to her behavior.

    As for Pia, yes I would expect her to be a better able to handle her liquor. But, then I noticed she wasn’t the only one slurring, she was just the one slurring the most. So, I totally suspect that they were just feeding these women drink after drink after drink. Renee seemed to have controlled her intake, but I suspect Pia would never turn down a free drink – no judgement from me on that one cuz I likes my booze too.

    And the limo thing? I think you hit the nail on the head. There is always a car of some sort to make sure the women are driving around drunk off their asses. So, I guess that’s at least 1 point for Reality TV producers.

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    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 5:49 am

    Agreed Plath. And the bullshit about how she didn’t steal Keisha’s purse. Tami was really under the impression that she took the purse because had Tami left it it would have been stolen. SMH

    “I suspect Pia would never turn down a free drink – no judgement from me on that one cuz I likes my booze too.”

    I am actually a bit more leery of people who turn down free drinks than who take them. :)

  9. 9
    PlathAddict PlathAddict
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 6:07 am

    Haha! The purse stealing thing. You know she came up with that explanation as an alibi just in Case Kesha actually did call the police. Then she could say that it was all a misunderstanding and Kesha was confused about what happened. But, she forgot that it was on film.

    “I am actually a bit more leery of people who turn down free drinks than who take them.”

    Hahaha! That reminds me of when my now husband first met my dad. My dad offered him a beer and my then-fiance accepted immediately. My dad knew right then that I was marrying a man who could be trusted.

  10. 10
    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 8:08 am

    You have married a smart man. :)

  11. 11
    hot cawfee
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 9:30 am

    @ 6 ClassyD——-I think the limos came into play when Real World Hawaii Ruthie (the trainwreck’s train wreck) got bombed and drove off with production clue following and (natch) filmong. The producer pulled her over and tried to get her to stop driving– thankfully no one was hurt and of course no arrests were made.

  12. 12
    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 9:42 am

    I thought about that when I came up with the limo theory hot cawfee, but I think back then they weren’t trying to get their personalities drunk to get a good show. That’s when the real world was pretty real.

    Now they are feeding these women drinks before they shoot so they can get a good fight scene.

  13. 13
    labowner
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    I’m sorry not to threadjack, but how in the hell could you ever like a woman (tami) that claimed she was raped on reality tv when we all saw what she did before and what happened between her and David. That two bit slut should have been left on the side of the reality tv highway.

  14. 14
    sheesh sheesh
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    Plath…I really hope this show picks up and becomes worthwhile.

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    PlathAddict PlathAddict
    Posted June 15, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    @classy, My husband is extremely smart. Out of the three married daughters in his family (well, one is divorced but it still counts), my husband is my dad’s favorite son-in-law.

    Hahahah! @labowner, I take my eyes away for a little while and you try to hijack the thread? Awesome.

    @sheesh, I hope it does too. It has potential. I think it’s just trying way too hard right now (It’s kind of like the ugly chick with no personality who befriends all of the guys in hopes that she can get some action). Hopefully, the next set of episodes will start to tone it down so that we can actually get to know the women. The problem is that I don’t feel like I know them well enough to be invested in any fight they might have. I think they started this one off with too many women. I liked the set up of 4 women on the original series. It’s just another reason that I hated the addition of CousinSuckUp as Karen’s advocate – plus CousinSuckUp was just awful and not worth the time. I think all of the Chicago Mob Wives have definite potential to be interesting, entertaining, and relatable, but there has to be more development beyond an introduction before I can get into spliced together fights.

    It really does feel like the first couple of episodes of The Bad Girls Club whereas, I was expecting to watch Mob Wives. I don’t really know all of the players well enough to tell them apart; I certainly haven’t gotten invested enough in them to choose sides in a fight (especially with that editing). My hope is that now that we’ve seen a fight, we can find out who they are and what they are about.

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    BellicoseBaby
    Posted June 16, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    I saw a few minutes of this show – the fight at the high-rise club in downtown Chicago. That was all I had to see that this show is bogus.

    Now if they showed a bunch of goombahs at Jilly’s on Rush or laying bets on, well anything at the Backstreet Inn in Elmwood Park…

  17. 17
    Pedro Watson
    Posted July 11, 2012 at 11:28 am

    Those Chicago accents are so stupid, women acting like their fathers instead of their moms – horrible ugly women that rip off every idea from the original Mob Wives of Staten Island – no comparrison

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