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By Joyce Slaton
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Christian-themed melodrama is soapy, light, and fun.
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Filthy Rich
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What's the Story?
When Eugene Monreax's (Gerald McRaney) plane went down, his wife Margaret (Kim Cattrall), daughter Rose (Aubrey Dollar), and son Eric (Corey Cott) are stunned to learn that the head of their successful Christian television network had three secret children out of wedlock -- and all of them were written into the will. Now, although the Monreaux's are FILTHY RICH, they have complications galore in the form of Ginger (Melia Kreiling), Antonio (Benjamin Levy Aguilar), and Jason (Mark L. Young), their new family members who also want a piece of the pie, in more ways than one.
Is It Any Good?
Kim Cattrall has a face that radiates self-satisfied bliss, which turns out to be perfect for her role as a televangelizing matriarch in this silly, Southern-fried chunk of delightful camp. On paper, Filthy Rich reads like a retread on The Righteous Gemstones; after all, both series feature families with TV ministries and secrets that lead them into drama. But Filthy Rich is less dark irony and more soapy fun and satisfying twists, closer to Empire or (vintage) Dallas than Gemstones. Cattrall sure helps, laying down honeyed barbed pronouncements to her sons and daughters, but never to her audience, who views Margaret as the epitome of beaming Christian womanhood.
It's fun to meet Margaret and her family, too, at a moment when their patriarch's absence and secretive recreational activities has thrown everything into chaos. Suddenly, wistful Rose sees a way that she might get enough cash to launch a fashion line, while Eric, egged on by his calculating wife Becky (Olivia Macklin) and brother-in-law Reverend Paul Luke Thomas (Aaron Lazar), envisions a path to gaining control of the network. Meanwhile, as Antonio, Jason, and most particularly Ginger get a whiff of what they could be gaining with a Monreaux connection, both financially and emotionally, they're all in, contributing their own complications. It's all fluffy, heady, ridiculous, and lots of fun.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about role models. What makes someone a good role model? If someone is a famous minister, should he or she be a positive influence in other arenas? Are any of the Monreauxes role models?
Families can also discuss what it means to be famous and powerful. Do these things grant authority? Just because someone is in a position of authority, does that mean they deserve that authority or will exercise it wisely? Can you think of examples of good and bad authorities in movies? Is the Monreaux family good, bad, or both?
How is Christianity usually presented in mainstream TV shows? Is it treated reverently? Mocked? Something else? How does Christianity come off in Filthy Rich? Do the people on this show seem like good Christians? What leads you to this answer?
TV Details
- Premiere date : September 21, 2020
- Cast : Kim Cattrall , Melia Kreiling , Steve Harris
- Network : Fox
- Genre : Drama
- TV rating :
- Last updated : October 6, 2020
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