Ellen Page, Ali Shawkat (of Arrested Development fame) and Sean "Har Mar Superstar" Tillman have just signed a deal with HBO to write and produce a comedy for HBO about two hipsters and their perilous adventures as they travel to LA to become artists... "of any kind". Well, guess what- everybody LOVES to make fun of hipsters, even (especially!) other hipsters- so as you can imagine, the hilarious blog-bashing of this project is already spreading through the internets like wildfire...
Burn Hollywood: Precious hipsters. Precious people in sweaters. The comedy supposedly will outline the perils of hipsterism. What perils? What goddamn perils do hipsters have? They only have the time and energy to be hipsters, because they don’t have any problems. They wear glasses without lenses for christsakes, what perils? Does their vast underground music collection absorb toxic waste then mutate? Do their ironic shirts get burned in a wildfire?
Warming Glow: Oh boy, I hope their trust funds are big enough to support their dreams! You girls be careful — I’d hate for your kaffiyeh scarf to get caught in the spokes of your fixed-gear bicycle on the way to Hotel Cafe for your band’s debut. What would they do without their lead ukulele player?!
Not too worried on this end, though- seems like the description of this project insinuates parody, so that should make everyone happy. HBO is usually pretty reliable and call me crazy, but Page is likeable enough, Shawkat was just plain brilliant as Maebe Funke and the zany Har Mar Superstar, well- check him out here... I think this has potential...
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