No, the folksy, elderly Phillies manager, and the smug, shark-like, fictional Hollywood agent don't have much in common. But I did notice one crucial similarity, in reading this Slate piece about last week's "Entourage":
"Ari worried that he had lost his ruthlessness and so consulted with his marriage counselor, interrupting her at her golf club: "I want my edge back. I need my anger and I need it now!" And then, erupting with rage at his shrink, he had his anger back, and he was at a crossroads. Ari looked into his soul or the absence thereof, made a choice, and went back to office."Ari lost his anger, got angry about losing his anger, and in the process, got his anger back. Isn't that exactly what happened with Charlie? Howard Eskin screamed at him about not having enough anger, he showed his anger, and as a result, his team has won five straight games? Howard Eskin, though, is certainly no one's idea of a therapist. Posted by Stephen Silver at April 26, 2007 03:53 PM