So NoTORIous: The Complete Series

Is this the pinnacle of our celebrity-obsessed, “reality”-overdosed pop culture? The inevitable zenith of a decades-long spiraling of self-referential humor? Could Tori Spelling actually be this self-aware? Here, the daughter of late mega TV producer Aaron Spelling—formerly falling into the unholy-spawn category but now perhaps edging toward redemption—plays “Tori Spelling,” spoiled-brat unholy spawn of “Aaron Spelling” who acknowledges that only her father's irresistible-force influence is to thank for her “career” as an “actress” even as she attempts to make a go of it on her own, talent or no. Surrounded by a coterie of bestest friends and inanest hangers-on, “Tori” suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous fame...making for some of the most incisive and hilarious satire of Hollywood superficiality and disgusting wealth I've ever seen. All nine episodes that aired on VH1 are here, plus a bonus unaired episode, deleted scenes, multiple commentaries, “making-of” featurettes, outtakes, and more. Highly recommended. (M. Johanson)