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LA's Loneliness and Inland Empire Vibes
from Find Your God (with Dan St. Germain) · #25
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3 minDan describes the eerie loneliness of LA, comparing it to David Lynch's Inland Empire, and describes the sad world of failed actors doing karaoke as audience warm-up filler on his CBS show Superior Donuts.
- 18:24LA is lonelier than New York, with a darkness that's palpable compared to other cities.
- 19:05Failed dreams permeate LA on a mass scale, visible in how the city absorbs broken ambitions.
- 19:42Failed actors get paid to sit in the audience and are forced to sing karaoke as part of the warm-up.
- 20:16LA is full of failed actors who pivot to second or third careers like real estate, though they're rarely good at those jobs either.
- 20:37There's something attractive about LA's sadness despite the underlying bleakness of the city.