Archetypes

While I really would have liked to hear more from the quests, Markle has an annoying habit of interjecting herself into the conversation. It is less interview or even chatting "with a friend" over a defined topic and more a dissertation on how Markle perceives herself. It's forced, uninteresting and exemplifies why people have said in other reviews, that's its more about Markle, less about quests. Mariah Carey at least got a few words in. I won't tune in again. I have no interest in a podcast with celebrities that don't get to speak while Markle spends so much time on her favorite topic....herself.

Meghan is supposed to be interviewing famous women to discuss various stereotypes about women, which she mistakenly refers to as archetypes, and what holds them back.

She spends most of the time talking about herself rather than interviewing some genuinely successful women in their own right, rather than through their husband's position. In one of the interviews Meghan talks for 10 minutes before deigning to let her guest speak. Meghan talks in circles, often not making a lot of sense as her words are seemingly chosen for how "intelligent" they make her sound instead of to make any point, basically word salad. She makes what could be interesting topics terribly boring with the focus on her. She will struggle to get guests if there is a future series, she was basically interviewing herself, and using their name to gain listeners.

I'm afraid I found it too hard to listen for more than a couple of minutes at a time. What a farce. I understand many of her guests were not even in the room with her which of course gave her the opportunity to talk about her favourite subject - herself.

The subject matter was, for the most part, not archetypical or even stereotypical - I'm not sure how they applied to the majority of listeners or even to Markle herself. It felt as if she was clutching at straws and her podcasts were, of course, peppered with veiled threats to the British Royal Family which she squeezed in between talking about a Meghan. Terrible.

The podcast sounded insincere and fake. The content deserves a word salad award.

The topics were out of date or not relatable and what her ambitions were seemed not to be addressed other then very happy with herself.

I would not recommend this to anyone. Hopefully Spotify will use there resources on someone who actually has something to say or achieved something. After the drama this person has put the royal family through the past 3 years it is sad that she is not held accountable for her statements that have been broadcasted on a worldwide platform without being held accountable for her damaging narratives.

"...what would Archetypes be without a long-winded soliloquy from Meghan about Meghan?" - Kara Kennedy, The Spectator. Talking over her guests, making the conversation all about herself, MM attempted to use this entire podcast to rewrite her own history and get even more of her own narrative out there in the world.

But when The Queen of Shade, Miss Mariah Carey, said that MM was also giving diva vibes, I almost fell off of my chair laughing at the scrambling MM was trying to do to deny it, even though the premise of the whole show was that having standards and asking for you what you want is a good thing, and that there was nothing wrong with being called a Diva. Here's a little snippet of what I'm talking about:

MC tells MM, "You give us diva moments sometimes Meghan."

MM laughs anxiously and responds, "I do? What kind of diva moments do I give you?"

MC then explains, "It's the visual!"

And MM says, "See that's the thing! I associate it differently."

MM clearly had a visceral reaction to MC, one of the greatest divas, calling her a diva. At the end of the episode, MM then speaks alone in a voiceover and recounts that moment for her listeners, and how uncomfortable that moment made her feel.

"It was all going swimmingly, I mean really well," MM gushes. "Until that moment happened, ..., (and) it stopped me in my tracks when she called me a diva! You couldn't see me, obviously, but I started to sweat a little bit. I started squirming in my chair in this quiet revolt, like, wait, wait, no, what? How? But? How could you? That's not true, that's not... Why would you say that? My mind genuinely was just spinning with what nonsense she must have read or clicked on to make her say that. I just kept thinking, in that moment, was my girl crush coming to a quick demise? Does she actually not see me?" (We all see you girl.) MM to try to deny the fact that she is, in fact, a diva!

BEST PART OF THE WHOLE SERIES! It should be Mariah Carey's podcast from now on. She has no problem with the truth. 💯

Two star review, and that's all down to Queen Mariah!