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Written by Rick Porter, Zap2it.com
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Thursday, 04 January 2007 |
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 FX’s new series “Dirt” is about the seamy side of the celebrity world, focusing on a magazine editor (Courteney Cox) with the power to make and break the careers of the people on her publications’ pages.
The goal for series creator Matthew Carnahan, though, is to make a show “that’s not about what it’s about.”
“It’s really about the effects of our actions and the interrelatedness of our actions, and personal responsibility,” says Carnahan.
The show’s central character, Lucy Spiller, is the editor of two magazines, the People-like Now and hard-core tabloid Drrt. Lucy holds a lot of sway in the back-and-forth game celebrities play with the media.
In just the first couple of episodes, she scores a series of scoops by manipulating a down-on-his-luck actor (Josh Stewart), sends a photographer (Ian Hart) to take pictures of a dead actress’ corpse and sets up a star athlete (ex-NBA player Rick Fox) to have poolside sex with a prostitute.
Lucy is so cold-blooded that it’s almost disorienting to see her played by Cox, one of the most recognizable faces in television thanks to her decade-long run as Monica on “Friends.”
A character like Lucy, then, is essentially “her worst nightmare,” Carnahan says.
“I know that friends of hers who are actors and who are stalked by paparazzi see the show and are shocked. They’re shocked by her playing that character,” he said.
Cox and her husband, David Arquette, executive producers of “Dirt,” have brought some of their own media experiences to the show’s writers.
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