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  • #46
    Re: Entourage vs. Californication

    Originally posted by redturtle View Post
    Oh, one more:

    EXTRAS (with Ricky Gervais - BBC)

    Some of the funniest cameos, with Sir Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart, and Kate Winslet (she plays a version of herself in this series, and says something so over the top funny about how to win an Oscar... and then years later wins an Oscar more or less in the way she described/lampooned in the series).
    I've seen a few eps of EXTRAS, it's hilarious. The one with Orlando Bloom is my fave.

    @ Nativeson: ENTOURAGE was inspired by producer Marc Whalberg's experience and entourage of homies, so yeah, I'm sure there's a lot of truth to it. And honestly, sometimes I do get disgusted. I don't know what's worse, how the big agents behave or what the spoiled brat movie stars expect their agents to do for them. Get me floor seats to the Lakers! Get me that hottie's number! Get me my drugs! Get me those shoes, that car, that house! I was going to say, how could anyone put up with such ass***les, but I guess that for 10% of their 20-million-dollar paychecks, you'll put up with just about anything.

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    • #47
      Re: Entourage vs. Californication

      Entourage is Sex And the City for men.

      It's taking a grain of emotional truth (friends forever coming of age in the big city) and decorating it with a lot of aspirational bling.

      That's what makes it fun to watch.

      The largesse and zaniness does happen (at least from what I've seen) but the show gives the impression that it happens every day - which isn't true. Everyday life is pretty boring - go to set. Come home. Sleep. Day off, take phone calls with agents/reps, sign paperwork, go to meetings.

      What makes Entourage somewhat less like reality strangely enough is the tight knit crew of bros/friends. It's usually the opposite - quite lonely and more isolating than you'd think because if you're super busy, constantly on set, or you're busy agent, there's not a lot of time to hang with friends (or to develop real friendships in the first place).

      A more accurate version of Entourage would be: just Vince. Can't relate to his childhood friends. Schedule is super busy, prepping for roles (with script sides, learning lines/scenes), being on set, press junkets, etc. But on his free time at home or in hotel rooms on the road - alone.

      It's not just agents, stars, etc but those of us in LA - we are really good at making our lives seem far cooler than they really are

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      • #48
        Re: Entourage vs. Californication

        "Entourage is Sex And the City for men."

        Yeah, it's like lifestyle porn slash friendship forever porn. You envy the life they live and the close support system.

        Re. Vince not having anything in common with high school buddies in "real life," I agree, and I think the only reason reason it works in this fiction is that they never stopped hanging out in the first place; they're going through the whole thing together at the same time and discovering a new world and lifestyle together.

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        • #49
          Re: Entourage vs. Californication

          Originally posted by redturtle View Post
          It's not just agents, stars, etc but those of us in LA - we are really good at making our lives seem far cooler than they really are
          Right. So where that does leave you? The artifice must get exhausting after a while.

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          • #50
            Re: Entourage vs. Californication

            Originally posted by Rantanplan View Post
            Right. So where that does leave you? The artifice must get exhausting after a while.
            A shell of my former soulless self.

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            • #51
              Re: Entourage vs. Californication

              Originally posted by redturtle View Post
              A shell of my former soulless self.
              LOL!

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