Talk:Chic C'est la Vie/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Kncny11 (talk · contribs) 20:36, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So, a fun fact about me: I got sick a lot as a kid (heart condition + nervous stomach), and so I watched a lot of reality TV between the years of... oh, let's say 2008 (when we finally took the plunge and got cable) to 2014 (when either my stomach sorted itself out or I just decided to suck it up). Anyway, because of this, I know way too much about and am a little too weirdly obsessed with the Kardashians and the Real Housewives. Also WWE.

Anyway, back to the review. Any section that you see marked with a Working tag means that I haven't finished combing through it yet, but feel free to address comments as they appear! Kncny11 ^(shoot) 20:47, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()

3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()

Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Infobox and lede

The auto-generated short description calls this a 2021 single, obviously it's not

I believe I was able to manually change this. Thanks for pointing it out, lemme know.

"is a song" → "is the second career single" with the pipe

Modified; is it alright with you if I leave it out "career"? I'd prefer to keep up the continuity from de Lesseps' previous single's article.

"as her second one" → "as a follow-up"

Modified.

Pipe "music critics" to Music journalism

Linked.

"although some called it catchy" → "with some praise for the catchy refrain" with the pipe

Modified.

"The song's accompanying" → "An accompanying"

Modified.

WL music video

Linked.

Background and release

Start by explaining the Real Housewives connection

I added some prose to this section; hopefully that satisfies your request

Pipe "single" in the body

Linked.

"third most purchased" → "third most-purchased"

Modified.

"becoming" → "which became" (redirects the subject; otherwise de Lesseps technically becomes her own second single)

Modified.

put "EP" in parentheses after "extended play"

Added.

Composition and lyrics

"relatively fast" compared to what?

I removed "relatively"

WL spoken word

Linked.

"common time" → "4/4" (time signature of common time reads a bit awkwardly)

Modified.

replace hyphens with en dashes for the chord progression

Modified.

Pipe "bridge" to Bridge (music)

Modified.

You can drop The Real Housewives of New York City to just Real Housewives in the second paragraph

Modified.

"felt that these callouts"

Modified.

"on the other cast members"

Modified.

Critical reception

Pipe "music critics" to Music journalism

Linked.

"not taking it seriously" not encyclopedic, could also read as a subjective assessment (i.e. "aw, they don't get it, they're not taking it seriously")

Modified.

"In a retrospective review of The Real Housewives releases," → "In a retrospective review of all music releases from the Real Housewives franchise," and then cut the "franchise's" later in the sentence

Modified.

Small quibble with the BlackBook review: it's currently posited as "stunningly un-self-aware and over the top", but ultimately worth a listen, whereas the reviewer seems to say that the over-the-topness is why it's worth checking out.

Reworded.

Music video

"video was documented" → "video were documented"

Modified.

Countess should probably be capitalized, as it is a title

Capitalized.

"Delahaye panned the video and called it" → "Delahaye panned the video, calling it"

Modified.

Direct quote from Delahaye would be better here

Modified.

Drop the "To promote the video" part, it reads awkwardly

Modified.

The structure here could use some work. I'm picturing:
- Para 1: Filming & production
- Para 2: Release and description
- Para 3: Reception
Some more context is needed on the memetic mutations that the video inspired. I found two such cases:
- this EW ranking of the Best Real Housewives compares "Money Can't Buy You Class" and "Chic, C'est La Vie" to the Kimmy Schmidt mv for "Peeno Noir"
- this interview says that her cabaret show begins with the "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Countess speaking" line

Track listing & release history

This all looks fine!

References

Good job archiving all the sources!

Thank you.

The link in [16] (Vulture) is broken, it looks like the URL was entered 1.5 times

Modified. Thanks for catching this.

Mark the WSJ and Vulture citations with "|url-access=limited"

Modified.

General comments

Article is very stable (only one editor)
Earwig score looks good at around 20%, with those matches being proper nouns and one direct quote.
The photos look good and are relevant. I am worried about the sandwiching happening with the second image (of the other Real Housewives).

Sorry for the absence -- I had three final papers this week alone. Everything's been addressed, so I'm gonna go ahead and pass this! Kncny11 ^(shoot) 16:17, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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