Kim Kardashian Legal Drama ‘All’s Fair’ Review
Ryan Murphy's Hulu legal drama All’s Fair, featuring Kim Kardashian as a divorce attorney, comes across as a clumsy and condescending girlboss fantasy.
Creative Team and Gender Dynamics
It is telling that a show centered on women’s empowerment opens with a pilot episode written and directed by men. Out of the first three episodes available on Hulu, only one credits a female creative, shared between executive producer Jamie Pachino and co-creator Ryan Murphy, who worked together on Episode 2's script.
Critical Assessment of the Show
All’s Fair delivers an awkward and patronizing portrayal of rah-rah girlboss feminism, even falling short by the standards of Ryan Murphy, who co-created the series with Joe Baken and Jon Robin Baitz. Although the tone intentionally flirts with camp and parody, it largely fails to engage viewers.
This review contains plot details from the first three episodes of “All’s Fair,” now streaming on Hulu.
“All’s Fair” demonstrates such a low opinion of its own viewers, assuming we’ll bark like seals when fed disconnected scraps of sassy one-liners, flashy outfits and men-ain’t-shit commiseration.### Author's Conclusion
The series struggles to balance its feminist ambitions with shallow stereotypes, resulting in an unconvincing and condescending drama.