Empire opening credits done Dynasty-style in Vulture mashup (VIDEO).

Empire Gets the Dynasty-Inspired Credits Sequence It So Richly Deserves

Empire Gets the Dynasty-Inspired Credits Sequence It So Richly Deserves

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March 11 2015 5:16 PM

Empire Gets the Dynasty-Inspired Credits Sequence It So Richly Deserves

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Empire is the new Dynasty,” says pretty much every review of Fox’s hit soap opera. So, of course, a Dynasty­-style treatment of Empire was inevitable, and Vulture nailed it.

As they point out, the series doesn’t really have a proper credits sequence. They have now righted this wrong with a sweeping, ’80s-tinged intro Cookie Lyon would surely appreciate.

Aisha Harris is a Slate culture writer and host of the Slate podcast Represent.