How To Make It In America Get the inside track on HBO's latest series from the producers of Entourage

First Reviews Are In For “How To Make It”

The premiere date for "How to Make it" is just a few weeks away. In addition to the premiere  parties that HBO is hosting across America, several lucky individuals have been allowed to see the first few episodes of the show. One luck journalist/blogger is Denis McGrath from deadthingsonsticks.com.  Mcgrath is a former television producer and journalist that represents the Central Region on the Council Writers Guild of Canada. Credentials that should give  McGrath a legit opinion on the overall production of the HBO series. He had several great things to say about the show. Story after the break...

The show stars Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk, was created by Ian Edelman and was Directed by Julian Farino. It comes to HBO from Mark Wahlberg's production company, and there are moments where it seems like they're going to try to promote it as a kind of east coast Entourage.

But it's not. It's not even particularly a comedy, though it's pretty funny.  From the opening titles, with its bold sans serif type & chunky early 70's soul theme song, How to Make it in America is HBO's announcement that it's right back at the center of the zeitgeist as tastemaker.

Everything about this show is tremendously appealing. It's about two guys in their twenties trying to make it as entrepeneurs in the fashion world in New York. But what gets me about it is that there isn't a false note anywhere in the show.  It cooks along as the perfect of the moment show about the difficulties and disappointments of the American dream -- even hinting at the darkness underneath, that behind that facade of you can make it with hard work and grit lies worlds and clubs and secret handshakes that stack the deck against you.  It's sincere but not naive, unsentimental but not cynical.

You can read the rest of the article here. HBO has to be happy with the first wave or reviews and hype surrounding its show. Looks like its going to be a good one.