Jamal has picked up the Lyon asshole geneĮmpire's very existence is inescapably political, but mostly because of its how apolitical its week-to-week dealings are. There's no more novelty in watching old money fecklessly burn cash and crush the lower classes - not that there ever was, but now it's worn out in fiction as well as reality. If the point of this subgenre is to stare unflinchingly into the dark moral abyss of capitalism, while also indulging vicariously in its thrills and pleasures, nothing is going to beat the thrills and pleasures of the Lyon family, least of all another show in which a white man in a suit is pulling the strings. You cannot make another show about devious human beings after Empire. I look forward to its cancellation in November.
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What I gather is that it's a show about Devious Whites, a longstanding and important TV subgenre that's been flourishing since the Hummers n' Hiltons mid-aughts. But I'm guessing that the "blood" in the title doesn't refer to a side hustle of blood drives for war-torn disaster zones. There's a poster for it at my subway stop. I mean, I don't know exactly what they do I have not seen a single second of this show. It's about some rich American people, maybe a family, involved in the oil business.
There's some show called Blood and Oil premiering this weekend on some TV channel. We welcome your additional reflections in the comments.
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This is not a recap series we are merely drawing inspiration from each subsequent episode. Every week we will publish a new writing, study, or reflection on this, the best of all possible shows. I would actually like to fly the whole cast to Singapore show them what Singapore truly is.The Post-Empire Literary Society is a group of Verge writers devoted to the excavation, appreciation, and analysis of the Fox television show Empire. "Personally, I think traveling is going to be a huge thing." Kim agreed: "You know, we tried to travel for the first season, but obviously with time constraints and stuff like that, we couldn’t. "I'd like to go to South Korea!" he said, adding that he'd like to bring the whole cast along. "If you thought I dropped a big bomb in season 1, then you have no idea," Christine teased to, adding that her confession would be "timely in our climate." Christine also suggested to WWDthat she'd "maybe" launch a new beauty line in "the second season."Īs for Kevin, he told Entertainment Tonightthat he envisioned more travel, not less, in season 2. While Netflix hasn't confirmed a second season, the larger-than-life characters have already voiced their excitement about returning. The cast wants to return for more lavish adventures. I would love to take this cast even further."Īhead, everything we know about a potential second season, straight from the cast members themselves. "We just celebrated 14 years of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. There's no official word on a second season yet, though, Jenkins told Town & Country he's more than up for the challenge. For others, it's a reminder of the wealth disparity that's been intensified by a global pandemic. Then there's model/actor and new Angeleno Kevin Kreider, real estate mogul Kane Lim, DJ Kim Lee, denim heiress Cherie Chan, film producer Kelly Mi Li, and influencer Jamie Xie.įor some, Bling Empire has provided an escape from the stark realities of the world. Created by KUWTK producer Jeff Jenkins, the show introduces a cast of couture-wearing characters: There's Christine Chiu, wife of a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon and mother to a toddler who wears designer clothing and goes by "Baby G." Her nemesis is Anna Shay, a socialite and defense weapons heiress who prefers her privacy.