The wrong side of the spotlight: Deepanjana Pal writes on The Studio

The new Apple series will make you cringe and giggle, but it is also a sharp look at a film industry yearning for its golden age, amid a slide.

Having watched the first three episodes of The Studio, and discovered that it is possible to simultaneously cringe and giggle, I’d like to suggest “criggle” as an addition to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Seth Rogen seems like an unlikely choice at first, for the role of a studio head. In minutes, though, it is hard to imagine anyone else playing the part.

In a world of content bursting at the seams with self-serious drama and violence, this show, created by Seth Rogen and his long-time collaborator and childhood friend Evan Goldberg, offers a refreshing change. It’s about a beleaguered studio head, Matt Remick (Rogen), who must save the floundering