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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Helen Coffey

All’s Fair: Why sensationally bad TV is so successful

If there’s one show that has dominated internet discourse these past few weeks, it’s All’s Fair. The widely panned Kim Kardashian vehicle, about a bunch of high-flying female divorce lawyers in visible thongs, has captured the world’s attention – for all the wrong reasons.

Clips of Kardashian’s comically expressionless face and voice while “acting” have cropped up all over my social media feed; Instagram has shown me countless reels compiling the best – read: most wince-making – lines of dialogue. Then there were the reviews filling up my news feed, notable because the show garnered zero stars – a notoriously difficult feat that only a handful of programmes have managed to accomplish over the years – from several publications.

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