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I'm a twentysomething white male with ambitions to be a professional film critic and generally spend my days getting paid to watch movies and write about it. A compulsive reader and stubborn cineaste, I take an often contrary stance to my more fundamentalist peers and upbringing by celebrating the pursuit of the good, and the Good, in life, love, art and film. If you watched enough episodes of certain TV shows — for starters, "The Hungry and the Hunted," "The Cut Man Cometh," "The Body," "The Zeppo," "Waiting in the Wings," "Out of Gas," "April Is the Cruelest Month," "20 Hours in America," "Colonial Day," "An Echolls Family Christmas," "Look Who's Stalking," "The Garage Door," "Charlie Gets Crippled," "Wind Sprints," and "Corner Boys" — you would understand me completely, and you'd also realize that much of my worldview and philosophical insights are heavily influenced by fictional works/programs, and many of the good things I've said in my life are just a regurgitation of someone else's imaginings, or at any rate a heartfelt attempt to interpret them. I guess I was made to be a film critic.

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« Further Signs That The Line Between My Reality And Fantasy Is Beginning To Blur |Main| August 2007 »

August 26, 2007

An Open Question

By Dan Carlson

So, is the character of Billy Walsh on "Entourage" based on David O. Russell, P.T. Anderson, a third party, or some amalgamation of the above?

I say it's David O. Russell, but I'd like to know what other people think.

Comments: 7

Sarah

My vote is for Russell.

Aug 27, 2007 11:08 AM

Chris Woodward

I'd have to say Russell, too. But whomever the character is based on, I'm extremely sick of him. All Billy adds is a somewhat crazy "artist" who doesn't like E. His shtick is getting old very fast.

Aug 27, 2007 11:47 AM

Carrie

Apparently he was initially based on Rob Weiss, who is a writer on the show. I think now they use him to funnel every "crazy director" story they've ever heard into one character.

Entourage is legitimately terrible now. I don't understand why I still watch.

Aug 27, 2007 12:54 PM

X

I second that emotion, Carrie. The celeb "pop-ins" have always been pretty shitty, but Kanye was the worst. "Go ahead and get blown by the stewardesses you crazy crackers!! I'm gonna fly this plane!"

Aug 27, 2007 5:25 PM

Dan

I have to admit, even by the show's already lax standards of reality, Sunday's deus ex machina of Kanye West's stripper-fueled jet was pretty insane.

Aug 27, 2007 5:57 PM

Kanye

Carlson's blog doesn't care about black people.

Aug 27, 2007 9:56 PM

Dustin

I always pegged him as Vincent Gallo; I think it's the similar-ish appearance and Walsh's side-career in porn.

Aug 28, 2007 7:14 AM

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