Secret Lives…
The greatest horror series on television is Secret Lives of the Super Rich. It’s a truly eldritch documentary show about the things that …
Secret Lives… The greatest horror series on television is Secret Lives of the Super Rich. It’s a truly eldritch documentary show about the things that people with a lot of money inflict on themselves. Rich people, it suggests again and again, are odd. They don’t just want a garage full of Lambos – it’s always Lambos – they want a house in which the garage doubles as the dining room, where you can eat breakfast next to the parking turntable. They don’t just want endless access to Patron, they want a specially modified motorbike that runs on Patron. They want to eat gold leaf on absolutely everything – even grilled cheese sandwiches. And when night comes they want to retire to a house lined with mink fur. The mink fur was one of those moments that I actually sat up straight while watching this show. Robert Frank, the host and Mephistopholes of the Secret Lives world, has a wonderful tone to him – he’s mocking the super rich but he’s also fascinated by the bizarre things they get up to.
