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COPYRIGHT 2007 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc.
The portmanteau title of the new Showtime series "Californication," in case you hadn't noticed, contains a reference to a certain act, an act that is performed by two parties, but the act that the show itself calls to mind is the solitary and less fruitful act of autoerotic asphyxiation: this is a show that loves itself to death. Created by Tom Kapinos, who was a writer and a producer on "Dawson's Creek" for a number of years, "Californication" follows the travails of a New York novelist turned Hollywood writer--Hello? You there? I thought I saw you nod off when I said "travails of a New York novelist turned Hollywood writer"--named Hank Moody. The problem is that Hank (David Duchovny) hasn't written anything since he moved to Los Angeles, because he feels sick to the bottom of his soul. I believe this sickness has something to do with that city's practice of using people until they're all used up and then spitting them out, not to mention its low standards and its black heart....
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