September 20, 2006
Why Entourage is so great ::
narrative — tagged entourage, narrative and tv
7:57 pm
Slate has an interesting piece on the greatness of Entourage. It reasons that people, particularly men, love the show because it represents something called “attainable greatness”:
Every guy between the ages of 13 and 30 has got that one friend destined for greatness, either at the minor or major level….For those of us sneered at by cruel nature, this person represents our only chance for sampling the run-off glory of vicarious accomplishment. Wingmen, moochers, and hangers-on—we’re usually the guy’s best friends, and we’re remunerated for being just that.
I sort of agree. After seeing two seaons of the show, I find I gravitate toward the character Eric more than any of the others. He’s the most responsible of the characters, and also the one who actually treats his life in Hollywood as real work. And he’s weird and awkward and has that East Coast neurosis that makes him really stand out among the beautiful people of LA. But yeah, at the end of the day, they guy would be working as a manager for Sbarro in New York if his friend hadn’t taken him out to LA to be his manager. So Slate does have a point, as much as I hate to admit it.
