http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/06/25/Entourage--The-First-Cut-Is-the-Deepest.aspx There is no show on television that infuriates me as much as ENTOURAGE; not GREY’S ANATOMY and its treacly melodrama; not HEROES and all its many characters; not even LOST and its drifting plotlines. ENTOURAGE is the most frustrating show on television because it holds so much promise, yet delivers so little. Each episode feels thrown together; like the shooting script is a first draft. Every scene feels like a first take; all mispronounced lines, actors indicating their hearts out and awkward set-ups, with very little actual framing of shots. The writers aren’t even trying. It’s like a slap in the face. Hollywood is a place where everyone is playing a game — constantly strategizing about how to get more, bigger, richer. The show feels best when a deal is on the table and Ari and Vince are maneuvering. The knowingness of the show is what the audience trusts. This is rooted in the fact that the viewer suspects that some of the absurdity of what goes on behind the scenes in ENTOURAGE’s Hollywood might be the real thing. (After all, we are about to get TRANSFORMERS, the movie.) But, lately the show has been so far-fetched; we know none of what goes on is possible. For example, no financier or producer would ever actually shoot a film in Colombia. The movie would be uninsurable. And, that’s when ENTOURAGE loses us. It’s not a parody, it’s a lie. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/06/25/Entourage--The-First-Cut-Is-the-Deepest.aspx 77 60