Sorry, Entourage, But You're Not Extras
We've already addressed some of Entourage's main problems. Like the problem of how there's no actual dramatic tension, and the problem of how it's treading lukewarm water, and the problem of how it's impossible to really care about any of the characters, and the problem of how it sucks. But one thing we have not seriously addressed is how for a show that's billed as a comedy, Entourage is not funny. At all. It never has been. Oh, Ari Gold has his moments. It's funny when he tells Lloyd stuff like if Lloyd doesn't shut up he's going to turn his mouth into a glory hole, because Lloyd is gay and it's funny to threaten hate crimes. But for the most part the show is a brightly lit, stress-free cruise around Beverly Hills in a cherry red Maybach with heated seats. Fair enough.
But Entourage, you need to at least recognize what you are. For a show as boastful and cocksure as you, one would think that you'd be more aware of your strengths and weaknesses. In particular, you are not funny (at all) enough to allow celebrities to make too much fun of themselves in their cameos. It just doesn't work. Because the end result is that a celebrity who's pretending to be an asshole just seems like a total asshole. We're not laughing with them or at them, we're just thinking about what an asshole they must be. Like Jason Patric in last night's show. The plot revolved around how Jason Patric was stealing all of Vince's lines, and how he was physically intimidating, and a jerk. But guess what: I don't have any preconceived notions of who or what Jason Patric is like in real life, so as far as I'm concerned, this is a documentary about him.
Take this scene for example:
Yuck! Congratulations, Jason Patric, you seem like a real jerk! And how bad does this scene wish that it was in Extras? A: very bad.
Stick to what your good at, Entourage. Or at least what you're not the worst at. Which is shuffling between various scenes of high class boredom and hugging it out. Bitch.
Posted by Gabe at 12:30 PM in Everyone's A Critic
Tags: Adrian Grenier | Entourage | Extras | Jason Patric | Jeremy Piven | Jerry Ferrara | Kevin Connolly | Kevin Dillon
This is Jason Patrick's same role from Your Friends And Neighbors, but without all the gay rape.
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Jason Patric finds the letter K frivolous and thusly does not have one in his last name.
Sincerely,
Someone who should be ashamed of knowing that, but isn't really since he saw last night's Entourage's end credits.
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Spot on about this, about Entourage sucking balls, but Jason Patric is not really a jackass in real life... unless of course you're Keifer Sutherland, and then you probably think he is a jackass in real life.
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Extras is funny!
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I've been around Jason Patric. He is a jerk.
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I've been in the company of both Stiller and Patric on a few occasions. They are Grade-A Assholes. The fact that they "jokingly" play themselves this way is confusing.
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word yo. Entourage HAS been sucking. All year long it's been a major festival of sucking.
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Sebastian,
Youve been around Patric and Stiller? Really? Where and how did that happen? I don't know Stiller, but I met Patric at a Superbowl party at a local bar and he couldnt be nicer. Even posed with annoying drunk girls for pictures. When the game was over and his team, GIANTS, won, he bought a round of drinks for the house. Only wimpy A holes like yourself, who crave fame and rip anyone who has it, spread BS like this.
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