Shahs

When I saw last week that Ryan Seacrest Productions had an upcoming reality show based on the lives of wealthy LA-based Iranian-Americans called the Shahs of Sunset, I did what any self-respecting, tech-friendly Iranian-American would do.

Charlotte Safavi: On the Shahs of Sunset Reality Show Charlotte Safavi 2012

Shahs of Sunset depicts the lives of a group of young (the mind reels after discerning the official photo) Persian-American couples (Persian = I hate mullahs) living it up in Tehranangeles, the overpriced swath of real estate between Beverly Hills and West LA gobbled up by savvy Iranian expats following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Charlotte Safavi: On the Shahs of Sunset Reality Show Charlotte Safavi 2012

To support my brethren, I'll watch the Shahs of Sunset, I'll get the cultural allusions, of which there are bound to be plenty, and I'll have a good laugh at the right clichés, but please, oh please, all you Americans in the Heartland, not the Iranian-American ones who know the difference, this is not who most of are and certainly not how most of us live.

Charlotte Safavi: On the Shahs of Sunset Reality Show Charlotte Safavi 2012

Seacrest's production company is teaming with Bravo to make Shahs of Sunset, a show about Los Angeles' thriving Persian community.

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I was at Eddy Shahs plant in 1982 or 3 when long shield officers were used to attack the picket line and clear the way for Shahs vans.

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Shahs of Sunset — its tentative title — will range from shopping sprees on Rodeo Drive to family feasts at home.

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The Shahs of Sunset were neither me nor mine, except perhaps the Iranian-American part, though I wasn't born here and didn't grow up in SoCal; except perhaps the living in LA part, I too had staked my decade in that city, though I had slogged it in the film business as a single woman in a rent-control studio -- and except, perhaps, the filthy rich Persian guy part.

Charlotte Safavi: On the Shahs of Sunset Reality Show Charlotte Safavi 2012

Offering what sounds like a Persian version of Jersey Shore meeting the Real Housewives franchise, Bravo announced Wednesday that it will develop the Ryan Seacrest Productions reality series Shahs of Sunset.

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The Shahs are wagering that the city's resurgent hotel market will continue to strengthen until it eventually returns to its heights of 2007 and 2008.

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The Shah quickly blossomed into a megalomaniac, styling himself the 'Shah of Shahs,' and 'Imperial Light of the Aryans' (Iranians are an ancient Indo-European people), comparing himself to the ancient Persian emperors, Darius and Xerxes.

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