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How to Make It In America (TV Series)

HBO Classics

2010

Ian Edelman (Creator), Julian Farino ...

Bryan Greenberg, Victor Rasuk, Lake Bell, Eddie Kaye Thomas ...

7.0

1,366

TV Series. Comedy TV Series (2010-2011). 2 Seasons. 16 episodes. How to Make It in America follows two enterprising twenty-somethings hustling their way through New York City's fashion scene, determined to achieve their version of the American Dream. Trying to make a name for themselves in the city's competitive fashion scene, Ben Epstein and his friend and business partner Cam Calderon use their street knowledge and connections to make their way up. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times	"Creator Ian Edelman keeps his characters on the right side of caricature and avoids the kind of melodramatic confrontations their relations might typically suggest"	POS
United States	Linda Stasi New York Post	"The authentic New York locales and voices really make this new half-hour dramedy fly (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Tim Goodman SFGATE	"'How to Make It in America' is, like 'Entourage', more entertaining than actually funny. You're not going to burst out laughing at anything, but there are plenty of comic moments"	POS
United States	Alessandra Stanley The New York Times	"The series takes off when secondary characters fill in the blank spots"	POS
United States	James Poniewozik Time	"While I can't say that it's a great HBO comedy yet--it is not, really, even strictly a comedy in the ha-ha-hilarious sense--it's likeable and absorbing and made me want to stick around for more"	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"I've seen the first four and, although each was more compelling than the last, the series contains a repellent amount of hipitude, which distracts from its tale"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"While there's a serialized arc to the storytelling, after four episodes it's still difficult to identify what the principal hook is supposed to be"	NEU
United States	Robert Bianco USA Today	"Rather than art re-creating and explicating reality, 'How to' is art mimicking reality shows, with all their annoyances and posing"	NEG

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