Never worrying about the big picture and always going for immediate impact, Empire’s storytelling doesn’t pretend it wants to give you what you want.
Empire gives you what Empire wants to give you, a cheesy hip hop blast filled with betrayal, greed and ghetto-ass, ghetto-fabulous sensibility.
The hustle that characterizes the family shows the ugly side of show business through glitz, glamour and ghetto-style smarts.
It’s survival of the fittest that takes no prisoners and it doesn’t pretend to be anything else. Empire tells it like it is and Fox must be pleased given the numbers the show produced during its first season. Empire is the network’s highest-grossing series debut in three years and there is no stopping it.