US EditionPart Girls, part Entourage: this new ‘hot internet girl’ comedy doesn’t disappoint
Rachel Sennott’s comedy series follows Maia navigating career and friendship challenges in influencer-driven Los Angeles, highlighting a $30,000 Instagram Story brand deal, HBO said.
- On November 2, HBO will premiere I Love LA, created and starring Rachel Sennott as Maia, with Odessa A'zion playing Tallulah.
- During her Saturn return, Sennott wrote the pilot and faced a brief detainment in the Cayman Islands days before HBO greenlit the series.
- The season comprises eight half-hour episodes, centering on Maia, a junior talent-management assistant who reconnects with influencer Tallulah at Alyssa 180, exploring influencer culture where an Instagram Story can net $30,000.
- As the November 2 premiere nears, Sennott says she is resisting obsession and focuses on controlling her work and energy, not audience and critics' reactions.
- The series taps into zillennial quarterlife anxieties and career indecision, capturing a shift many feel at that age, while I Love LA joins the recent young-adult wave echoing Girls and FX's Adults.
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‘I Love L.A.’ Review: Rachel Sennott’s Very Funny HBO Comedy Will Win You Over
“Can you just choke me, like, real quick?” Maia (Rachel Sennott) asks her boyfriend, Dylan (Josh Hutcherson), in the midst of a spirited round of morning sex. The choking Maia likes, and it’s an easy gift to give on her birthday. But the quickness is a necessity. Shortly after things heat up, an earthquake hits. Dylan’s eyes go wide, and he reaches for his buzzing phone to check his seismology app. “Baby, this is the big one!” But Maia is unfaze…
'I Love LA' Is a Superficial Spoof of Shallow Influencers
Influencer is a divisive word. Your gut reaction to it will probably be a good gauge of how you’ll feel about the new HBO series I Love LA, a hangout comedy created by and starring Shiva Baby breakout Rachel Sennott. For people under 30, who may not even remember a time when influencers were not ubiquitous, as well as all manner of marketers and salespeople, the term’s connotations tend to be neutral to positive. (Some studies have found that mo…
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