The article discusses the complexities of Hollywood satires, highlighting how they can achieve brilliance or fall into cliché. It reflects on notable examples, contrasting effective works like "Sunset Boulevard" and "Barton Fink" with failures such as "Fool's Paradise." Focus is placed on Apple TV+'s "The Studio," which, while marred by excessive cameos and corporate undertones, manages to deliver intelligent critique of the film industry. The initial episode is particularly praised for its sharpness and depth, presenting an adult perspective on Hollywood's flaws, making the series a potential standout despite its conceptual weaknesses.
It's never exactly a done deal when Hollywood decides to take itself on. The film industry is such a roiling combination of wealth, jealousy, fear and obliviousness that, when the right person decides to send it up, the results can be spectacular.
Apple TV+'s new comedy The Studio is full of the stuff that makes Hollywood satires bad. Every single famous person you can think of has a knowing, winking cameo.
Yet, despite all this, there are times during The Studio where you'll be convinced it is one of the best things you'll ever watch. Despite its conceptual flaws, it is breathlessly intelligent.
When it picks the right targets, its takedown of Hollywood is as whip-smart and surgical as anything you've seen. It's Entourage if Entourage was made by adults, in other words.
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