Empire's Cookie vs. Dynasty's Alexis: Who's the Badder TV Bitch?

As portrayed by the unstoppable Taraji P. Henson, Cookie Lyon on the new Fox superhit “Empire” is probably the baddest bitch on prime time since Joan Collins’ Alexis Carrington on “Dynasty” in the 1980s. Both have a knack for just walking into people’s homes in animal prints, giant furs and statement jewelry and upending their lives with bon mots dipped in acid. Who’s the badder bitch? Let’s break it down, bad-bitch style…

BAD-BITCH SUBGENRE
Alexis: Jetsetting hostile-takeover bad bitch
vs.
Cookie: Ghetto fabulous A&R-boss bad bitch

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