EMPIRE (1987) takes place during the late 19th and early 20th century. Two half siblings, Caroline and Blaise Sandford maneuver for control of their newspaper. This was a time when newspapers controlled much of how Americans viewed the world. What was called Yellow Journalism with its emphasis on sensational stories, scandals, and distortion of the truth was rampant (Yellow Journalism got its name from a comic strip character, a bald caucasian child who wore a yellow nightgown). The Sandford’s fictional lives intertwine with some of the most powerful Americans of that time, including Theodore Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst. Empire is book 5 of Gore Vidal’s 7 book Narratives of Empire series, though it can be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel. Rating 4.5 stars on Amazon and 3.9 stars on Goodreads (out of 5 respectively) Abridged/movie length. Enjoy!
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was born at the cadet hospital at West Point, New York since his father was an instructor at the military academy. He joined the US Army at age 17 during WW2 and served in the Transportation Corp. His first book Williwaw, based on his wartime experiences, was published in 1946. Mr. Vidal wrote novels, nonfiction books, essays, and plays during his career. Gore Vidal’s anthology United States: Essays 1952-92 won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1993.
Quotes: Persuading people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the political elite...
There are a great many people who have a vested interest in maintaining the stupidity of the American public. - Gore Vidal
Catherine Walker (1975 - ) was born in Dublin Ireland. She has acted in a number of television productions including Shetland, Resistance, Finding Joy, The Walking Dead, Versailles, and The Clinic among others. Ms. Walker has performed in the 2023 movie Napoleon, the 2009 TV movie Northanger Abbey, the 2010 Rom-Com Leap Year, the 2022 Drama My Sailor My Love, and the shlock horror stinkaroo, Dark Touch. (They can’t all be classics.) And now, enjoy her nuanced performance in Gore Vidal’s EMPIRE.
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