{

Empire Writers

|

Empire Writers

}

Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong. The show premiered on January 7, 2015, and ran on Fox until April 21, 2020. It was produced by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television, and is syndicated by 20th Television. The series follows the lives of several characters from New York City’s entertainment industry, including the wealthy and powerful.

LeeAnne Krusemark is an adjunct professor at Chapman University, a nationally recognized speaker and a former editor and managing editor of a major newspaper. Her writing credits include hundreds of magazine articles and numerous books. She has a screenplay in development with Hallmark, and she represents other writers through her company. In addition to writing, Krusemark has run a successful public relations business for over twenty years.

The writers’ room for « Empire » is as diverse as the show itself, with African Americans and Latinos among the staff. In fact, the show’s writers are made up of 69% people of color. This is the highest percentage of writers of color in network television. For the writers’ room on « Empire, » the diversity is impressive.

Meanwhile, Cookie and Lucious finally manage to get Eddie to step down from Empire. But, the unexpected happens: Eddie accidentally kills himself after bashing his head on a table. Giselle ends up taking over the company. In the aftermath, the new company owners are forced to make tough decisions to keep the empire running.

The Second Empire writers are also preoccupied with the idea of ruins. They often use ruins to implicitly point to what they have lost. One of the most iconic examples of ‘new’ ruins was the Haussmanization of Paris, under Louis-Napoleon. These ruins symbolized change and were perfect metaphors for change.

Chandar Bhan Brahman was a Mughal state secretary, poet, and prose stylist. His life spanned the reigns of four emperors, including Shah Jahan (1628-1658) and Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir (1658-1707). The Mughal Empire’s politics and culture dominated the subcontinent.

The death of Jimmy Darmody was both a fan favorite and a necessary part of the plotline. The narrative was sprawling, and Nucky Thompson, the gangster who killed Jimmy in the rain, established himself as a villain. He was also an interesting character. But his death left a void in the narrative.