“Recording Studio” Review: Seth Rogen

In 2024, HBO tries to satirize the inner workings of Hollywood and big-budget superhero movies Franchise. Too broad, it seems not interested in the genre it tries to criticize, Franchise It wouldn’t be taking the time deep enough to provide any meaningful insight into the blockbuster. Given the parade of the show could attract a lot of egos and money-hungry executives.

So when Apple TV+ announces its own Hollywood satire studio,,,,, I’m skeptical. Is this just another thing to laugh at the fun in Hollywood? Or will it actually bring a biting look to the studio system?

fortunately, studio It’s everything Franchise no. Created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez, the series has the same possibilities as a particular Hollywood issue, like a specific Hollywood issue that smears studio systems together with clubs. Both methods work – cause abdominal laugh – because studioThe love for the movie shines in every plot. It’s an ode to the movie, it’s a frustrating scream about what the movie landscape has become studio All-round comedy gold.

What is it studio about?

studioThe love for the film began with its main character Matt Remick (Rogen), who had just been appointed head of Storied Continental Studios. Matt devoted his life to film Geek, a film that he devoted his life to film, and he saw the promotion as an opportunity for a green light movie. But he will soon find that high-level pressures, including wildcard CEO Griffin Mill, will lead him in a different direction – towards money, towards IP-powered blockbusters, and more specifically towards Kool-Aid movies.

The continuous production of Kool-Aid movies is the main traversal studioMatt tried to make it a season for 10 episodes Barbie“In terms of financial and critical success. However, the show also dipped its toes into the mainland’s film section, without one without problems.

studioThe irony is spots (and star-studded).

Ike Barinholtz, Seth Rogen and Martin Scorsese are in the “Studio”.
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Hollywood has a lot of things to send, somehow studio Managed to solve a lot of things without feeling like it hurts more than a chewy bite. Its “Crisis of the Week” format allows it to focus on specific areas, such as awards ceremony or casting dilemma, digging as much laughter as possible before the next episode defines a new disaster.

Irony itself is a razor, and elements such as Kool-Aid movies emphasize Hollywood’s ongoing attempts to balance business and art. Matt studio When kidding, always aim for higher and better goals.

Scorsese is one of many faces that praise Hollywood studiolike Ron Howard, Sarah Polley, Olivia Wilde and Zoë Kravitz. Many cameos are a tactic that reminisces of Stephen Businessman and Ricky Gervis sitcom additional. But since studio Telling from the perspective of the people in power in Hollywood, it has a different motivation compared to the movie “Extra”. Executives want to appease talent while also ensuring they release the best (and most profitable) movies. Directors and actors want to make the movie the way they want, but they also need to keep the studio in good shape. The smirk, butt and kindness followed, but these facades inevitably shattered studio Each episode calls calories, resulting in a delicious Hollywood A-Listers.

While you can expect a few cameos in each episode, studio Most of the time is spent on the storm of conceit and insecurity in the mainland studio. In addition to Rogen’s Matt, the show’s core cast includes Catherine O’Hara’s longtime producer Patty, Ike Barinholtz, who plays scummy exec sal, Kathryn Hahn, formerly Brash Marketing Harking Maya, and Chase Sui Sui Wonders As Exger (To Talk Talk Turnce) Creative Executive Quinn. When these five trade biting pokes and keep trying to each other, it’s almost like you’re sitting in an actual meeting in Hollywood.

studio It’s a charming love letter to Hollywood.

Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara are in the “Studio.”
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Most of the feeling comes down to how studio Being photographed. Rogen and Goldberg directed each episode and chose to use long-term tracking footage throughout the process. The effect is both crazy and hypnotic, especially during many of the show’s fierce arguments. The camera will whip a person, hover like a shark, and then move in time. You feel like a helpless Continental Studios intern who captures notes and tries to understand the chaos in front of you.

Long shots aren’t the only movie trick studio With sleeves. Respect for the annoying improvisation in the movie “Movie Noir” and “Zombie Movie” and more, it’s a testament to the show’s love for art forms. This love makes every frustrated thud in the studio system feel more real, reminding you studio From people who live in this world and know their internal and external problems.

studio Even if you don’t work in Hollywood, it can be very relevant.

Seth Rogen in “Studio.”
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As much as possible studio Its internal baseball jokes and specific movie references flourish, and it also carries some of the more general comedy. It’s all thanks to Matt Remick.

Matt may be the head of the film studio, but he is too Try your best Hopefully every actor and director he works with thinks he is cool. Often, this prevents him from the hard part of his work, or makes him a nuisance. Take the second episode of the show as an example, Matt hopes to witness Sarah Polley’s ambitiousness. (Appropriately, the episode itself is a moment.) He was so overwhelmed by the passion of the movie that he couldn’t see no one wanting him there, and he just made things worse. Warning: You may have to stop multiple times just to let the social embarrassment over you.

However, that’s far from Matt’s worst artificial pas. From trying to convince doctors to be as important as their work, to trying to praise himself in the Golden Globes, he has been looking for verification. It’s a real thing for anyone working in entertainment, and it’s a proven industry – but it has universal appeal. Don’t we all want someone we admire to think they are cool? Don’t we all want to recognize our work?

Indeed, the only thing that prevents Matt from becoming everyone is his flashy studio work, which is both a dream come true and a nightmare to wake up. (Not that That It has nothing to do with him. This is a battle he has to fight often: Is it really worth screaming and laughing about making a good movie? Can temporary glory balance mediocre time?

“I love movies,” Matt worried about Patty. “But now I’m worried that my job is to ruin them.”

“This job is meat grinding.” But what a beautiful, terrible, chaotic meat grinder studio Make it a reality.

studio Reviewed on March 7 at the premiere of SXSW. It hits Apple TV+ on March 26.