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In response to
"I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I do. "
by
Dr.Vermin
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I thought the NYmag review was very apt.
Posted by
amanda
Nov 5 '12, 10:31
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It has a country-music-like rueful affection for its dissatisfied, striving characters. Not a one of its people is entirely happy with where they are and who they�re with. The major characters all want something better or bigger or different, and as they chase their own goals, they keep one eye on their rivals, outwardly wishing them health and success while secretly hoping they�ll fall on their faces. (As Waylon Jennings sang, �See you around on your way down.�)
And not one of them is wholly likeable or unlikable. At first, Juliette reads as an acquisitive bitch, a starlet who doesn�t deserve her wealth and fame (there�s a funny recording studio scene revealing that her vocals are heavily Auto-Tune dependent). But once you realize that her actions come from loneliness (her mother is a drug addict who constantly calls to ask for money) and fear of failure � and that her rivalry can only sharpen up the complacent Rayna � it�s hard to hate her.
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