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I am not in the business of brain surgery. i am in the business of fluff. >> thats the fantasy element. at a time when the access is possible. its escapism, and its aspirational. you want to stand in a hot tub with a glass of champagne, rock on. >> weve never seen that kind of wealth ever before. we didnt mock it. we didnt say it was right, and we didnt say it was wrong. we were just through the keyhole. >> sometimes it absolutely amazes me. i walk away from a shoot and i think, well, we did it ...

>> you had these people fighting over oil and mansions and -- it was fantasy, but in a kind of so over the top way that it was fun. >> theres nothing devious about using your femininity. >> these shows took themselves so unseriously that they were camp, but that was okay with the central audience that was loving them. >> it was entertainment. we werent trying to do high drama. we were there to entertain. we were glossy. there was no getting around it, we knew what we were there for, and we did i...

Its my lifestyle. i love it. the good, the bad. >> does this bring with it political aspiration? >> no political aspiration. >> your show has gotten a lot of ridicule. there are people who say its nothing more than trash. >> that doesnt upset me, because i think its the best trash there is on television. i am not in the business of brain surgery. i am in the business of fluff. >> thats the fantasy element. at a time when the access is possible. its escapism, and its aspirational. you want to sta...

That we presented to you on "lifestyles" was about the amazing real estate wizard donald trump. if he didnt shock and surprise you back then, hes had plenty of time since. >> with all of this costing billions, not millions, do the figures ever frighten you? >> the answer is no, its my business, its my life. its my lifestyle. i love it. the good, the bad. >> does this bring with it political aspiration? >> no political aspiration. >> your show has gotten a lot of ridicule. there are people who sa...

Missing twins on "knots landing"? >> what? >> they all had spinoffs. dallas had the spin-off "knots landing." "the colbys" was a spinoff for "dynasty." they were seeing how much they could max this stuff out. because it was really successful. >> wheres your son miles? isnt he going to be part of this venture or just playing polo as usual? >> the colbys can always find room for another trophy. >> you had these people fighting over oil and mansions and -- it was fantasy, but in a kind of so over t...

Landing." "the colbys" was a spinoff for "dynasty." they were seeing how much they could max this stuff out. because it was really successful. >> wheres your son miles? isnt he going to be part of this venture or is he just playing polo as usual? >> the colbys can always find room for another trophy. >> you had these people fighting over oil and mansions and -- it was fantasy, but in a kind of so over the top way that it was fun. >> theres nothing devious about using your femininity. >> these sh...

>> does this bring with it political aspiration? >> no political aspiration. >> your show has gotten a lot of ridicule. there are people who say its nothing more than trash. >> that doesnt upset me, because i think its the best trash there is on television. i am not in the business of brain surgery. i am in the business of fluff. >> thats the fantasy element. at a time when the access is possible. its escapism, and its aspirational. you want to stand in a hot tub with a glass of champagne, rock ...

Plausibility to it. hes taken us so far down the road of the unimagine nabmaimag? we are actually talking about the president doctoring an official weather forecast with a pen to make a false truth and thats where we are in september of 2019. you know, so theres a sort of fantasy element to the whole thing, and yet i think we have to step back and say its a measure of the success of president trumps project that we are all now living inside of this narrative. we are talking about the absurd as i...

Fantasy element to the whole thing, and yet i think we have to step back and say, its a measure of the success of president trumps project that we are all now living inside of this narrative. >> interesting. >> i think we are talking about the absurd as if it is real here in this nice cnn panel framework, you know? >> i say that every day. susan, youre channeling me. we have to talk about the absurdity as if it is not absurd, as if its logical, as if its normal. >> right. we fit it in this frame...

Billions, not millions, do the figures ever frighten you? >> the answer is no, its my business, its my life. its my lifestyle. i love it. the good, the bad. >> does this bring with it political aspiration? >> no political aspiration. >> your show has gotten a lot of ridicule. there are people who say its nothing more than trash. >> that doesnt upset me, because i think its the best trash there is on television. i am not in the business of brain surgery. i am in the business of fluff. >> thats th...