{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/691ddc645e54c6660a1d541c/6a8e10bdad7bb0e534c1f86c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"RHOLondon S1 Recap: Amanda Cronin Is the Engine | Bravo Recap","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/691ddc645e54c6660a1d541c/1787695595447-180d1e2c-d318-4674-a9d4-88912e0f076f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A RHOLondon Season 1 recap on Amanda Cronin as the engine of the cast, and the editing choices that keep turning the woman driving the story into the woman to blame_ Most Real Housewives of London recaps work scene by scene. This one doesn&#39;t. Elle Schwartz goes after the season&#39;s center of gravity instead, and argues it&#39;s Amanda Cronin — not as the woman throwing the sharpest lines, but as the one whose rules everyone else is playing by. The distinction matters. A villain is a character you can remove. An engine is a mechanism the season runs on. Panthea Parker gets the ominous edit and the grenades, but take Panthea out of Season 1 and most of it still happens. Take Amanda out and the structure collapses, because nearly every conflict either begins with her, routes through her, or resolves only when she decides it has. Elle breaks down the mechanism itself: Amanda treats friendship as a loyalty test with exactly one passing answer. There&#39;s no available position where you like Amanda and also like someone she&#39;s currently annoyed with. Join the Edittors.</p><p>#TheGoodEditUnfiltered #Edittors</p>","author_name":"Elle Schwartz Bravo Love Island  & MAFS Recap Expert"}