Just Another ‘Kell on Earth’ Blog Post

Kelly Cutrone is a bitch.  I don’t say that like it’s a bad thing.

It takes a bitch to run a business. It takes a bitch to raise a child alone. It takes a bitch to have the weight of the world on your shoulders and not give up.

Honestly, I don’t mind the swearing. I don’t even mind the barking.

What disturbs me most about Kell on Earth are two things I didn’t see throughout the entire first episode:

Teamwork AND Communication

One major example of the lack of communication and teamwork in Kelly’s fashion PR firm, People’s Revolution, is demonstrated by the complications with the Chado Ralph Rucci RSVP-lists.

Confusion and frustration arise because no one is sure who is supposed to be checking the Chado voicemail and as a result, the RSVPs get mixed up. Andrew S. and Stefanie Skinner confuse the difference between a yes-RSVP and a no-RSVP, which leads to more time wasted backtracking, yelling from Robyn and stress of everyone overall. Stefanie Skinner tries to delegate some of the RVSP-list responsibility to Stepahie Burhees, but again, miscommunication occurs and for whatever reason, it doesn’t get done.

Communication with RSVPs falters again when Andrew M., Kelly’s assistant, is thrown into helping Stefanie with the RSVPs. However, since he is not given proper instructions and has no previous training, he misunderstands who is supposed to be entered into the RSVP-list. Stefanie takes on an extra three hours of work to backtrack and help Andrew M. fix the problem so he doesn’t get in trouble.

“There is zero ounce of teamwork,” Robyn says, hitting the nail right on the head.

Robyn then proceeds to throw Stefanie Skinner under the bus, tattling to  Kelly that there are major issues with the RSVP lists and that everything is unorganized. A doe-eyed Stefanie, looking more like a deer in headlights by the second, explains to Kelly that she’s doing the lists with Andrew and everything is taken care of and organized.

In fact, the best attempt at communication I saw throughout the entire episode  is when Kelly explains to Ashley Dupre, the call-girl that caused the Elliott Spitzer fiasco, why it would be an idiotic to crash another fashion show; granted a lot nicer than I would have after the problems she caused from crashing Kelly’s show last year.

Is Kell on Earth entertaining? yes. Will I watch it again? Probably. Is it an accurate depiction of my future career in PR? I hope not.