But also like we really are just living in funhouse mid-2000s HBO. institutional rot and inertia of the wire, whiny/solipsistic/self-righteous sociopathy of the sopranos, cynical and opportunistic cruelty of deadwood. Also entourage, for the sheer vapidity and fundamental misogyny
once someone on twitter put up as a prompt "which fictional character would pay for a blue check" and EB Farnum was far and away the best answer i saw. hope this helps.
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To an old like me, it's William Sanderson in a costume too delicate for Larry the hillbilly.