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By Melissa Camacho
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NYC spinoff has labels, drinking, and cursing.
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Bling Empire: New York
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What's the Story?
BLING EMPIRE: NEW YORK is an unscripted series featuring Asian American socialites living it up in the Big Apple. The Bling Empire spinoff stars #RichKids of Beverly Hills alum Dorothy Wang, actress turned fashionista Tina Leung, Mexican lawyer and modeling agency owner Deborah Valdez-Hung and her husband Stephen Hung, Canadian fashion magazine editor Blake Abbie, and couture jewelry designer Lynn Ban. Also joining them is the less-blingy businessman Richard Chang (with girlfriend Vika Abbyaeva), who finds himself in their inner circle thanks to his networking capabilities. Some Bling Empire cast members like Kane Lim and Christina Chiu also make appearances. As the socialites enjoy exclusive high-end parties, fashion shows, shopping, and other activities, there's also lots of drama among them.
Is It Any Good?
The superficial unscripted spinoff showcases an East Coast, mostly Asian American, group of socialites who are extremely wealthy and narcissistic. As viewers are introduced to the main cast members, their net worth is highlighted, as is their background and source of income, in order to contextualize their blingy way of life. Richard Chang, the "poor" member of the group, is more humble, but clearly enjoys rubbing elbows with the upper crust. Meanwhile, most of their conversations and behaviors are hard to take seriously, as is the drama that unfolds among them. While some will find this entertaining, it makes it easy it to ignore the fact that many of the cast members are intelligent, hard working, and successful professionals. Overall, Bling Empire: New York offers the same obnoxious content as its parent series, which will make fans of the franchise want to tune in.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the appeal of unscripted series featuring wealthy people. Does the entertainment come from seeing the cast make spectacles of themselves? Do they behave the same way when the cameras aren't rolling?
What messages do Bling Empire and Bling Empire: New York send about Asian Americans? Are these TV shows reinforcing stereotypes about the overall community? Or challenging them?
TV Details
- Premiere date : January 20, 2023
- Cast : Deborah Valdez-Hung , Richard Chang , Dorothy Wang , Tina Leung
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Reality TV
- TV rating :
- Last updated : January 23, 2023
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