‘The Studio’ Takes Another Whack at Hollywood, but With Rare Sympathy for the Suits

Seth Rogenโ€™s Apple series focuses on showbiz absurdities, but it’s also uncharacteristically generous to executives who call the shots

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Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen in "The Studio" (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)

Over the long history of movies and TV shows about Hollywood, one of the consistent themes has been that privileged executives in the corner office donโ€™t get much respect or sympathy. Most of them can be charitably qualified as โ€œnuts,โ€ when theyโ€™re not completely amoral (โ€œThe Playerโ€) or strategically homicidal (โ€œNetworkโ€).

Enter โ€œThe Studio,โ€ an Apple TV+ series that follows the usual script by loading up the Seth Rogen-Evan Goldberg-produced comedy with a vast assortment of colorful cameos, but which, at its core, reveals an oddly forgiving streak toward the new movie studio executive (played by Rogen) and his team.

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