“The Woman Is a Menace!” – Fans Outraged Over How the Duprees Handle Crisis on Beyond the Gates
On Beyond the Gates, the Dupree family reign supreme over the estate of Fairmont Crest. However, some fans are not impressed with how they law-bend and are so self-entitled
The first two weeks aren’t even over for Beyond the Gates, and the Dupree family are running riot over their gated community. Dani Dupree, one of Anita and Vernon’s daughters, has already shown violent tendencies that are enabled by her older sister, Nicole, who by all accounts is a well-known and well-thought-of psychiatrist. “When Dani messes up, I clean up. That’s our eternal dance, Daddy,” says Nicole to Vernon. That in itself is troubling to think about, given that professionally, Nicole herself should realize she’s her sister’s enabler, and by agreement, so is their father. The next thing we knew, Dani pulled a gun at a wedding and fired a bullet at her ex-husband’s new bride. If you thought it couldn’t get worse, you’d very much be mistaken: The Dupree family held a press conference to try to get ahead of their daughter’s crime wave.
This press conference shown on Beyond the Gates was a sham, and Vernon, the male head of the Dupree family, is an ex-Senator. He first silenced the press and their questions, then told them some cockamamie story about it being an accidental discharge, stating, “Which isn’t a crime!” Right, how about we talk about why Dani brought a gun to a wedding in the first place? Is she licensed to carry? Does she have a concealed carry permit? The weapon was hidden in her purse, after all.
Vernon shut down any chance the press had of questioning what instantly sprang to mind for the fans and viewers. Anita, the matriarch of the Dupree family, then took the podium and told the press they should be ashamed of themselves for asking these questions of such a well-thought-of family. Of course, why should they be held to the same standards as everyone else? Silly us. One of Dani’s daughters was live streaming the wedding to her Instagram page, and the ensuing chaos after the shot being fired was captured in brilliant high definition and went viral. Anita scolded the press for seeing what they saw on the live stream and having an opinion that wasn’t something like how excellent the Dupree family was.
As if that wasn’t enough, there was the pièce de résistance: A robbery/homicide detective was present at the wedding. Yes, he was a family member, and no, he didn’t arrest Dani for shooting in a public space and endangering the lives of all present. He did nothing helpful, not even calling it in. That part is so unbelievable. What cop, family or not, wouldn’t take action in that situation? Another law enforcement officer arrived and started to take statements, but he was summoned at the culprit’s request, and the Duprees told him what those statements would be and who from. When he dared to ask a question, Vernon informed him that he was going to be golfing with his boss, aka his best friend, the next day. Vernon then gave an implied threat not to say anything in his report that would make the family look bad or state that anything unlawful happened.
Fans and viewers of Beyond the Gates went to the soap central website and visited the message boards associated with the show to discuss this and their thoughts on the Dupree family’s crimes and how they dealt with them.
