Frankel’s foray into television movies, “Danger in the Dorm,” is about as good as you’d expect it to be. But the reality TV alum holds it together with plenty of maternal heart.
The ability to fake cry is a tried-and-true ability that any person must be armed with to make it onto reality television. It’s an essential tool to have in your arsenal, critical for when accusations start flying about pretend asthma or not being a girl’s girl. Crocodile tears are a defense mechanism so dutifully employed that, when another Housewife calls them out, it’s a fourth wall-breaking shocker.
When the discord between mother and daughter starts brewing, Frankel arrives on set ready to do the work. It’s as if she showed up with the same prickliness as she did thethat nearly ended in a cardiac event. Frankel is far less convincing in scenes where she has to show emotions other than stridency, anger, and fear. But, surprisingly, Frankel’s talent holds down this modest little piece of cable camp. Alright, maybe she can’t cry on cue.
Kathleen, however, is a ball of raging hormones and needlessly bitchy remarks toward the woman who gave birth to her. Maybe Kathleen is just resentful of the fact that her mom named her, but the way this 18-year-old throws barbs at her mom is simply inexcusable.
Yet all that remains missing are the tears. No visible droplets fall from Frankel’s ducts in any of these scenes—I got up close to my television to make sure. Another particularly emotional moment caused my boyfriend to chime in, commenting, “We are seeing great work from Ms. Frankel,” only to add a moment later, “...If only she could make herself cry.
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