DVD Review: "Entourage"

Dave and I continue our way through the HBO shows on DVD. We just finished watching the first season [only 8 episodes] of "Entourage." It's the Seinfeldian-about-nothing show whose characters are Vince, a young up-and-coming movie star, his older down-and-going actor Johnny, and Vince's friends from Queens, Eric and Turtle. The show features Jeremy Piven as Ari, Vince's truly uptight agent, and a cast of walk-on stars playing themselves. The show is engaging because the guys are an interesting quartet. There is a fish-out-of-water theme with the 4 New Yorkers living the decadent [do they ever work?] lifestyle of movie star and his buddies. I think the show, perhaps unintentionally, highlights the vapid, empty, materialistic lifestyle of Hollywood.

So far, we're enjoying it. It's not my favorite of the HBO's, but we'll keep the second season in our NetFlix queue.