Double Cast
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The story about career difficulties and about their professional rivalry is much more firmly center-stage than the romance, which I suppose works well because it's the more compelling of the two. (Though, to be fair, it works—two men increasingly obsessed with each other over their job; why not make it overtly romantic?)
It really buys into the idea of a decadent but decaying life for actors, with amibtions, casual polyamorous relations, deceptions; a glamorous, unattached and frivolous lifestyle with constant moody ups and downs. It's not sweet at all—honestly, when they act even just a little bit plausibly cute and lovey-dovey for a few moments near the end it feels like a weird 90° turn from where things had been going (though it's cathartic to have some genuine affection floating around at the very end, so I'm not complaining).
It really buys into the idea of a decadent but decaying life for actors, with amibtions, casual polyamorous relations, deceptions; a glamorous, unattached and frivolous lifestyle with constant moody ups and downs. It's not sweet at all—honestly, when they act even just a little bit plausibly cute and lovey-dovey for a few moments near the end it feels like a weird 90° turn from where things had been going (though it's cathartic to have some genuine affection floating around at the very end, so I'm not complaining).
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