This show is so disappointing on so many levels, I'm not sure where to begin. What has happened to Soderbergh? It's as though he's just taking artistic shot after artistic shot without aiming in the hopes that he'll just hit something one of these days.
Is it supposed to be "realistic"? (It's certainly not an improvisational comedy like the fantastic "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - where it stylistically appears to be real, but everyone is in on the joke.) If so, it is WAY off and as a semi-drama does a deep disservice to the true struggling actor - in LA or any other city. They all look like idiots. Don't Clooney and Soderbergh LIKE actors??? (If an acting teacher ever treated me like Frank Langella's character treats his students, I would slap him.) If the actors playing themselves have any real talent whatsoever, it certainly isn't apparent here. The direction is practically non-existent and the writing/improvised dialogue is awful.
Skip this show and get DVDs of Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, the Larry Sanders Show -- or any other "quirky" semi-improvised show out there.
And please, Steven, stay away from improv and return to great stories with intelligent direction -- like Sex Lies, the Limey and Out of Sight.
Is it supposed to be "realistic"? (It's certainly not an improvisational comedy like the fantastic "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - where it stylistically appears to be real, but everyone is in on the joke.) If so, it is WAY off and as a semi-drama does a deep disservice to the true struggling actor - in LA or any other city. They all look like idiots. Don't Clooney and Soderbergh LIKE actors??? (If an acting teacher ever treated me like Frank Langella's character treats his students, I would slap him.) If the actors playing themselves have any real talent whatsoever, it certainly isn't apparent here. The direction is practically non-existent and the writing/improvised dialogue is awful.
Skip this show and get DVDs of Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, the Larry Sanders Show -- or any other "quirky" semi-improvised show out there.
And please, Steven, stay away from improv and return to great stories with intelligent direction -- like Sex Lies, the Limey and Out of Sight.