Okay, is it me or is the world against rich people? It may be me though I highly doubt it! As I lay here watching TV – you know my favorite lounging activity – I realize I may have to give up TV altogether…such a shame, really – such valuable content…but anyway across the channel shows a blurb called “THE RICHES” without too much information but just a little skit about rich people. Confused, I go online to find out more and this information comes up.
LOS ANGELES — FX has greenlit its second new drama series for 2007, giving a 13-episode order to a show about con artists called “The Riches.”
The series, which stars Eddie Izzard (“Ocean’s Twelve”) and Minnie Driver (“Good Will Hunting,” “Ella Enchanted”), is scheduled to premiere in the spring of 2007. The two Brits, each embarking on their first regular role in an American TV series, will play a married couple with three kids who make their living as itinerant scam artists.
“We’re excited to pick up FX’s first ‘family show,’ albeit a show and a family unlike any television viewers have seen before,” FX President John Landgraf says. “The pickup of ‘The Riches’ reflects two of FX’s goals: first, our continued efforts to make innovative, high-quality television shows, and second, our commitment to expanding the boundaries of our successful original series brand.”
Okay you get a show about con artists and what do we name it? – ”THE RICHES” of course and then we call it a family show and high quality television. I call it another way to negatively use the word rich and convince us that every thing, person who is rich lies, steals and is dishonest. So is the world against rich people?
October 15th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Actually, this is a REALLY good show, and hilarious.
That being said, there is so much programming out there that puts the idea into our head that being rich is BAD that it borders on ridiculous, and definitely explains the inner conflict we feel when we initially decide we want financial abundance.
Happily, this programming can be overcome.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, try Randy Gage’s book for an eye-opening look at this problem!
Love,
Shauna