‘Bored to Death’= Brooklyn’s coming out party

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The New York Times has deemed HBO’s new series, “Bored to Death,” as “Brooklyn’s coming-out party to the HBO-watching world,” as “Sex and the City” and “Friends” did for Manhattan. What do you think of the show?

But if Jonathan Ames’s new HBO series, drolly titled “Bored to Death,” heralds a new era of New York in television and in the nation’s imagination, it’s now the era of downtown Brooklyn – or, at least, of Park Slope, Boerum Hill and Fort Greene. Grab your Bugaboo stroller, throw a New Yorker into your WNYC tote bag and let’s take the F.

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4 Responses to ‘Bored to Death’= Brooklyn’s coming out party

  1. lifer September 29, 2009 at 9:23 am #

    I have to say I did not have high hopes for it, but found it pretty funny, good for at least a few laughs each episode.

  2. ap October 7, 2009 at 8:18 am #

    What is the name of the coffee shop they hang out in?

  3. donna October 7, 2009 at 4:21 pm #

    Hey – what’s the name of the club where George & Jonathan met Jim Jarmusch? Where is it located? THis would be Episode 3: The Case of the Missing Screenplay

  4. Charlie Sahadi October 7, 2009 at 7:24 pm #

    AP, Smooch
    Donna, Angel Orensanz on the L.E.S.