Column: New Palm Beach reality show is neither reality nor Palm Beach

So unworthy: Every Palm Beacher knows that this island is truly a special place. The downside is that special places tend to attract geographically challenged coattail riders who present themselves as Palm Beachers when they are not.

Case in point: “Palm Beach: Members Only,” the cringeworthy reality show to be released by Netflix at the end of the month.

The trailer describes the show as a look at the “high-stakes hierarchies and drama of one of America’s most rarefied social circles,” even as it offers no stakes, no hierarchies, no rarefied social circle but plenty of old-fashioned bitchery costumed as drama. In short, a slap across the face to the unassuming women of Palm Beach…

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