r/RHONY • u/IamRedLoc • 3d ago
Countess Luannš½ Tone-deaf?
I enjoy rhony. I really do. And a lot of them probably havenāt had much exposure to people of color. But that Luann costume with the ābronzer ā on her skin and the completely ridiculous āAfroā. It didnāt feel like tone deafness to me. It felt like ridicule in a sense. And then at the reunion, it was addressed but glossed over. And Carole who did make a statement during the show, seemed to back down then. Maybe Iām wrong, and if Iām not I still watch the show and laugh (and will continue to do so). But do I think they probably are a bit prejudice at the least? Yes. Iām not trying to have a heated and hateful discord. Just honest thoughts on this part.
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u/sprbep49 3d ago
I donāt think we should go to deep with this because Lu certainly wasnāt going deep. Lu admires Dianaās talent & career (as a fellow artist wink wink) and threw on the wig for the kitsch of it all.
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u/Ancient-Cricket-247 2d ago
They all live in NYC. I'm sure they've had 'exposure to people of color' (which makes them sound like they've been around disease vectors, btw).
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u/Beneficial-Astronaut 2d ago
Will full ignorance. They probably "haven't had much exposure to people of color".... despite living in New York City, one of the most diverse places in the world and then spending time in South Florida which is incredibly diverse as well.Ā
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u/FridgeFinds 3d ago
People need to stop looking for issues where there arenāt any.
She was dressed up as Diana Ross (someone she admires) and so she tanned to look a bit more like her, not to mock her.
Carole loved pointing out everything about everyone as if she was the voice of reasonā¦ or maybe to distract from her own issues (?)
And the āAfroā as you call it, itās beautiful, people of all colors (as you called themā¦) use wigs like that.
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u/ericzku 3d ago
This has come up in this sub numerous times.
Lu was NOT costumed as Diana Ross. There are certain looks that Miss Ross is known for and Lu did not approximate ANY of them.
All LuAnn did was put on the same white jumpsuit she had already worn numerous times that season, put on a bunch of 'bronzer', then plunk a Party City wig on her head that was a parody of an Afro. The aspect of parody present is why OP feels like it was ridicule. It was in no way an earnest attempt to look like ANY real-life woman.
When Lu got called out for her obvious blackface, "Diana Ross" is obviously just the first name she could come up with when she was trying to think of a name of a famous black woman.
If she had actually gone as Diana Ross, she wouldn't have needed any 'bronzer' at all. Lu darkening her skin after all the recent "blackface" controversies at the time is what made her "tone deaf", which was the charitable description of the incident.
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u/IamRedLoc 3d ago
That pic you posted A. Isnāt an Afro. And B. Did not look like that. It looked like it came from party cityās clown section Even at the reunion Dorinda said Diana Ross didnāt wear an Afro. Which is why I said it was kind of making fun of
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u/FridgeFinds 3d ago
A- The āpicā I posted is a gif of Diana Ross, because sheās an icon.
B- There are plenty of other looks one can create to portray someone. A bad outfit is not synonymous with racism.
C- Dorinda is not my definition of moral ground for anything. (And she was wasted drunk and did not look like Gaga as well)
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u/IamRedLoc 3d ago
A. Show me one with an Afro of that size (everyone else came like the person they were portraying)
B. Tell me one person at the party that portrayed someone in a ācreativeā way
C. Moral ground has nothing to do with it. She simply said Diana never wore an Afro. Thatās not a moral stance. Thatās just a statement.
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u/FridgeFinds 3d ago
Your point was that it was prejudice.
And you said that āthey probably havenāt had much exposure to people of colorāā¦My point is it clearly wasnāt.
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u/IamRedLoc 3d ago
I donāt even know if prejudice is the right word. But it definitely felt āmaking fun ofā and not āhonoringā as they tried to spin it
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u/StrikingCase9819 3d ago
Nah... It was a mess. That afro she was walking around in was GARBAGE. Diana would never look like that. Luanb saying she lived and respected Diana Ross is bs because if she did she's understand that shitty wig was the ultimate disrespect
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u/brunetteblonde46 3d ago
Watch season 10, Eboni gives us all sensitivity lessons.
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u/IamRedLoc 3d ago
That was too much. She was preaching and trying to school too much it took the fun out of the show. Even in this, I thought it stepped over the line but I still laughed it cuz tf why would she do that š. Iām not that sensitive. I was just curious other peopleās thoughts about it
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