The Get By

How to Make it in America, HBO's new show produced by Mark Wahlberg's Entourage team, has the same look and coolness that the early shows of Vince and his boys held (that is, before we were subjected to a shirtless Turtle and the wheels completely fell off). The fourth episode is the turning point where things start to come together (specifically, the moment when Eddie Kaye Thomas rolls up to a nightclub in the back of a Bentley wearing his trying-too-hard get up), and there is just too much hipness (dope music, street fashion, pretty people) here to think it won't be a cult hit. Luis Guzman's Rasta Monsta hustle is adding a cultural street element that is stealing the show, and the foray into his just out of prison street business lifestyle is reminiscent of Avon Barksdale's world in The Wire (though, of course, slinging caffeinated beverages in bodegas is a bit tamer than crack on the streets of Bodymore). The catchy opening above gives insight into these themes.

Anyone else feeling the Wire with this intro? It's amazing how slow this feels comparatively just a few years later.


NYC skate culture is also featured in this 18 minute documentary relating to the show, tapping into underground coolness to promote a show on a mainstream level. It feels like the mainstream return of skating is inevitable now that everything 80's is back in a big way.

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The Get By