“… TMN sends me promo discs for its upcoming show sometimes, and so it was that I’ve managed to see the first few eps of a new HBO half hour comedy series called ‘How To Make It In America.’ …
“… (W)hat gets me about it is that there isn’t a false note anywhere in the show. It cooks along as the perfect of the moment show about the difficulties and disappointments of the American dream — even hinting at the darkness underneath, that behind that facade of you can make it with hard work and grit lies worlds and clubs and secret handshakes that stack the deck against you….”