El imperio de la ostentación

Shockers!! Tacky clothing, fake doll face plastic looks 🤢 and bitchy competitive attitudes .. it's worse than high school so yes it's entertaining but these guys wouldn't know elegance if they fell over it. How embarrassing.

As a Chinese American, I have hopes for the show. In the first episode, the rich girl claims her husband is the 24th generation of Song Dynasty. Really? ! You think no one would notice such a stupid claim in the U.S.? I know they are super rich, but it seems like they tried very hard to "dehumanize" themselves so they appear "abnormal" in a very bad way. For example, it seems that everyone in the show tried hard to look "ugly". What's wrong with rich and normal?

I very much enjoyed this show in the first season. This season (season 2), I still very much enjoy. However, I've come to realize or at least a lot of the focus is on how Kane is a fake friend it seems. Loves to stir up drama and plays the victim after things unfold. But anyone who says anything to him he runs his mouth which isn't cool when your 'friends' are confiding in you .

The timing of the release of Bling Empire might make some eyebrows rise. Releasing the series during a worldwide pandemic might seem to some as being tone-deaf. If we start judging shows because we disagree with the timing of the release, we could be here all night. I've chosen just to take the show at face value and look for some lightweight fluff.

The cast is a group of unbelievably wealthy (except for Kevin) Asians. Like all first seasons of any reality show, we're mostly here to learn who these people are and where they fit within their group. It reminds me of an early season of a Real Housewives show before they all started getting more and more fake. I've given those shows the boot.

If you're just looking for a show that'll take your mind off the real world, give Bling Empire a try. It's light. It's fun. And I need that after the devastating real life events unfolding right now.

#Edit for season three This is just fun to watch. Practically every personality type is represented and the cast has settled into their roles within the show. I STILL want to be Jamie someday. Wow, does that woman have style!

1st episode with Andrew only emphasized that men with control issues, narcissistic tendancies and those who cry as they apologize that it won't happen again, until it happens again and again. Those issues aren't just Rich or poor issues, they are psychiatric ones. I hope Kelly doesn't get mired down in his infantile insecurities.