In Rolling Stone's January issue, they printed a short article about Simon Rich, a 30-year-old Harvard alum. The article mainly speaks to his new comedy television show, "Man Seeking Woman" The novelist turned television writer has some pretty deep family connections in the media world. His brother is a Rolling Stone contributor and his father is New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich.
Simon ran the Harvard humor publication, The Lampoon, and then became one of the youngest writers in Saturday Night Live history, and he even collaborates with Portlandia (one of my favorite shows by the way) writers for his show. With all his major accomplishments at such a young age, it makes me wonder if any of those had to do with certain family connections. I've never thought much of nepotism in relation to my career, but this article made me stop and think about it.
For those who don't know what nepotism is, it's favoritism because of family connections. You could say the Kardashians are prime example of this. Almost every member of this tanned, big-bootied family tree has fallen off and hit every nepotism branch on the way down. You could say Kim got her start because of her father's success. He was O.J. Simpson's defense attorney. Her younger sister Kendall has become one of the hottest models on both the runway and print, and her youngest sister Kylie was just in the infamous Kanye West Adidas fashion show at New York Fashion Week. Not too shabby for being only 17 with little to no modeling experience.
Although Rolling Stone only briefly mentions the Rich family tree, they did mention it. To be honest, I don't believe it was completely necessary to the story, if anything it takes away from story. Simon's resume is pretty accomplished, and it's a profile focusing on his new television show. What does it matter that his father is a big time writer and his brother contributes to the very magazine he's being featured in?
I guess it just made realize that nepotism is alive and well, my friends.
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