the quintessential 20 to 30-something time waster for new yorkers.

1896: we had La Boheme.

1996: we had RENT, an earnest musical about nyc bohemians.

2006: we have the burg, a sort of, dare i say it... post-modern RENT. the nostalgic world known as "bohemia" is dead, replaced by bankrolled post-college slackers who obsess over their hair and interior decor and wanna-be actresses who max out their credit cards all while purportedly eschewing consumerism. drowning in their own navel-gazing and irony. but wasn't it ALWAYS that way?

disclosure: i always DID hate the filmmaker and the "performance artist" in RENT, and i thought benny got a bad rep.

i've only made it through episode 4, but it's strangely addictive.

if the episodes themselves don't make you throw up just a little bit in your mouth, the comments will (starting around comment #23, the dialogue just becomes comical). okay, but seriously, funny stuff.

don't change, ryan! don't change!!!