Hollywood │#NetflixWatch

Even though it was highly anticipated ever since it was announced to the public, I personally, was a little hesitant at first about “Hollywood”, even after finding out that it was from creator Ryan Murphy, who I am a fan of (I mean, who isn’t right). This hesitations however, quickly faded away after about 13 minutes into the first episode. From the trailer I miss judged the series as a sex scene filled kind of show, and there’s a bit of it, sure, but then again; that’s Hollywood in real life isn’t it?. But I’m getting a little ahead of myself on the topic, which, I will get to later on. So yes, I was expecting the show to be the typical production that takes advantage of actors good looks, physiques and reputations, and this incredible cast has all those characteristics and so much more; and the show realty does take advantage of all the actor’s assets, but in the most exquisite and masterful way possible, as only Murphy can do.

At this point I think we can call Ryan Murphy the Britney Spears of television, ‘cause boy he sure did it again. With all the talk in Hollywood at present about diversity and inclusion, Murphy sure grabbed the bull by the horns and created yet another masterpiece with this show, addressing in his own creative way the elephant in the room. He took the hot topic at hand and created a beautiful production that shows and tells Hollywood’s reality in a truthful way. It shows you the reality of the sex driven interactions between studio heads, producers, agents, and up and coming actors and actresses that move to the dreamland, looking to fulfill their dreams and how they have to overcome or immerse in those scenarios in order to become someone. In seven short, beautifully shot and masterfully produced episodes he shows the audience the ins and outs (in a very light and entertaining way) of Hollywood’s proclivities and how a few righteous and courageous people took the first steps in the right direction, that led the way to what we know now.

The show is beautifully shot, the direction of photography is magnificent and the attention to detail was impeccable (with only a few minor, almost imperceptible exceptions). The wardrobe, styling and hair and makeup is stunning and the whole set production and locations are quite astonishing. The music is also a key element for the show’s success and that intro sequence is just amazing (I only skipped it two times). Personally, my two favorite episodes are episode 3: “Outlaws” and the final episode (7): “Hollywood Ending”, but I’m not giving anything away so you will have to watch them, but, suffice it to say they are both very emotional and take very controversial topics at hand, and the final episode is such an emotion filled episode that you won’t catch a break until it ends.

Other then Murphy and all the creators and producers and all the people involved in the creation of the show, the cast is really great, and many are part of the production crew; Darren Chris and David Corenswet take credits not only as actors but also as executive producers amongst others and they were brilliant at both. Jim Parsons (also credited as executive producer) roll is just beyond amazing, he plays the bad guy in the show and he does it brilliantly, he really knocked it out of the park with this one, and I see many awards in his near future for it. (You actually end up feeling sorry and not hating the guy). There’s also appearances from darling Holland Taylor, who plays the mentor, talent hunter, trainer and third hand to the studio’s management. And non other than Queen Latifah herself, makes a cameo on the show making it even greater.

There’s simply no room for exclusion on this show as it covers all the basis quite thoroughly.
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Here’s the trailer for Ryan Murphy’s; “Hollywood”