Terrence Howard plays a music mogul in a new series on Fox. 1  CHICAGO â In the presidential suite of a Hilton hotel, above a ballroom full of extras waiting to shoot a lavish party scene, sat the two lead actors of âEmpire,â a new Fox series about a feuding entertainment-industry family.
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What is subtext? Subtext is what tells us the truth, regardless of what is being said. Subtext is that which fleshes out the words with what we never hear but, nonetheless, understand. Without subtext, in any film, television show or stage production, there's really nothing interesting to watch.