Hysteria Lane
‘CONGRATULATIONS to the Telegraph, which this morning runs the first of what we have no doubt will be many stories inspired by American TVs newest hit, Desperate Housewives.
| Housewives do it with rubber gloves |
The show, which is set in a part of suburban California called Wisteria Lane, opened on Channel 4 last night.
And to celebrate the paper sent a reporter out to the nearest Wisteria Lane – in Wantagh, Long Island to see what life was really like among the wait for it – disparate housewives who live there.
And surprise, surprise it appears that the reality is rather more mundane than the fiction.
Forget having an affair with the gardener, says mother-of-two Caroline dAngelo. Were lucky if we get enough sleep, feed our kids, pay our bills and get our two weeks holiday a year.
That may sound like perfect material for a British drama, but until then well have to make do with the impossibly glamorous Californian version.
And see just how many stories the papers can squeeze out of it…’
Posted: 6th, January 2005 | In: Uncategorized Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
