Vindication for the cheap white refrigerator! Those fancy appliances break — and are so expensive to fix.

• Basic cheap white refrigerators, often in rental apartments, have been maligned unfairly.
• New and fancy appliances have electronic parts that break down more easily.
• Maybe the humble white fridge deserves our respect.

In a scene in "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," Nene Leakes goes to visit castmate Kenya Moore, who at the time is living at a long-term hotel.