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* ExtremeDoormat: Josie. She’s so desperate for approval she’ll basically do anything to please the people around her.
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** Or in 1.04 ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', when Josie wants figure out her ''Offcomer'' character together
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** Or in 1.04 ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', when Josie wants figure out her ''Offcomer'' character togethertogether
* WellDoneSonGuy: Josie. She is desperate to prove to her parents— and really everyone else —that her choice to become an actress has paid off.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Josie. She is desperate to prove to her parents— and really everyone else —that her choice to become an actress has paid off.
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* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Before to they get to work in 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', Josie tries to get Leah to get dressed again after the fire sprinklers drench them. But Leah has no intention of doing so, because she insists she works best that way.
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* PaintingTheMedium: When pitching idea for the new TV show in 1.02, ''[[https://youtu.be/-bl6MfrrjsQ Requiem For a Dreamer]]'', Josie appears on location and in costume as she might as if she were in that show.
** It happens similarly in 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', when Josie and Tom are reading as their ''Offcomer'' characters Katrina and Duncan, people in the 18th Century Scottish Highlands.
** It happens similarly in 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', when Josie and Tom are reading as their ''Offcomer'' characters Katrina and Duncan, people in the 18th Century Scottish Highlands.
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* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Josie versus Leah in episode 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]''. Josie’s insecurities make it difficult for her to insist on Leah helping her figure out her character, while Leah’s arrogance make me feel like she can walk all over Josie and do whatever she wants.
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* DirtyOldWoman: Priscilla De Marco in 1.03. ''[[https://youtu.be/SEybXnzFFyw Change or Die]]''. She hits on Ryan rather aggressively, though he’s still struggling with his shift to appealing mostly to the older generation.
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* ExtremeCloseUp: One of the actors auditioning for the role of Duncan in ''Offcomer'' in 1.04. ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]''. He’s afraid that moving too far away from the camera will mean the nuances of his Casablanca monologue will be lost.
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* GuyOnGuyIsHot: There is a lot of shipping slashed characters from the shows. And actors.
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: Ryan and Josie’s reaction to the West Chesterham-themed adult fan art Leah was looking at.
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: Ryan and Josie’s reaction to the West Chesterham-themed adult fan art Leah was looking at.
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* InconvenientAttraction: Leah is very annoyed to find the much older and frequently frustrating to her Ryan attractive.
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* CoolShades: Frequently worn by Ryan.
** Also by Leah in 1.04. ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', when she’s feeling herself
** Also by Leah in 1.04. ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', when she’s feeling herself
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** Subverted with Devon himself, a coarse East London chav.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: Tom Vincent is implied to be this, even stating his height to be six foot eight.
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* BirthdayHater: Leah, with her fear of aging and age-related unattractiveness. “Sheet cake is not worth the reminder of creeping decay!”
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* ArsonMurderJaywalking: In episode 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', Leah complains about having to write around guest actors’ “schedules,” “their vertigo,” and “their no-nudity clauses.”
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* ArsonMurderJaywalking: ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In episode 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', Leah complains about having to write around guest actors’ “schedules,” “their vertigo,” and “their no-nudity clauses.”
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* ActuallyAGoodIdea: Leah says this of Josie’s threat to tap dance at Leah’s funeral in In episode 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]''.
* ArsonMurderJaywalking: In episode 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', Leah complains about having to write around guest actors’ “schedules,” “their vertigo,” and “their no-nudity clauses.”
* ArsonMurderJaywalking: In episode 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', Leah complains about having to write around guest actors’ “schedules,” “their vertigo,” and “their no-nudity clauses.”
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Ryan’s justification for why he cancelled ''West Chesterham''.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Ryan’s justification for why he cancelled ''West Chesterham''. He was hired to make the network profitable, and he’s got to hang onto his own job as well as Leah’s.
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* {{Fangirl}}: Meredith relates to media in the manner of an obsessive nerd, including shows she’s worked on. She even ships the characters.
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* ThePerfectionist: Meredith shows these tendencies, particularly in her work organizing and producing for the show.
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* BrutalHonesty: Derek has organized his whole personality around being this.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Subverted with Ryan. Leah believes him to be one when he cancels her first show, but he goes on to help her put her next project together.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: In ''West Chesterham'', Devon Chambers’s character Duke Winston Coville is romanticized as one.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Leah, whenever she’s decided she wants to impress.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: In ''West Chesterham'', Devon Chambers’s character Duke Winston Coville is romanticized as one.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Leah, whenever she’s decided she wants to impress.
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* StylisticSuck: Usually when a moment from one of the in-universe shows is depicted, it is intentionally ridiculous in satire of the original property it's referencing.
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* StylisticSuck: Usually when a moment from one of the in-universe shows is depicted, it is intentionally ridiculous in satire of the original property it's referencing.referencing.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Leah’s initial reaction to working with basically anyone:
** Like in 1.02 ''[[https://youtu.be/-bl6MfrrjsQ Requiem For a Dreamer]]'', when Ryan tries to get her to figure out a concept for a new show
** Or in 1.04 ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', when Josie wants figure out her ''Offcomer'' character together
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Leah’s initial reaction to working with basically anyone:
** Like in 1.02 ''[[https://youtu.be/-bl6MfrrjsQ Requiem For a Dreamer]]'', when Ryan tries to get her to figure out a concept for a new show
** Or in 1.04 ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', when Josie wants figure out her ''Offcomer'' character together
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* BreakThemByTalking: In episode 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]'', Josie gets Leah to finally work on her character with her by refusing to shut up and leave her alone.
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* FeelingTheirAge: In episode 1.03, ''[[https://youtu.be/SEybXnzFFyw Change or Die]]'', Ryan throws his back out and must confront how he’s grown older during the time he was checked out on drugs, and how hard that is when you work in a youth-oriented industry like Hollywood entertainment.
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* FunctionalAddict: Ryan for the previous fifteen years of his career— until he wasn’t functional anymore.
* GentlemanSnarker: Ryan, Derek, and Meredith by turns.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Ryan’s justification for why he cancelled ''West Chesterham''.
* MeetCute: Josie and Tom appear to have one when they run into each other in the hallway after Tom’s audition in episode 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]''.
* GentlemanSnarker: Ryan, Derek, and Meredith by turns.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Ryan’s justification for why he cancelled ''West Chesterham''.
* MeetCute: Josie and Tom appear to have one when they run into each other in the hallway after Tom’s audition in episode 1.04, ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]''.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Leah’s favorite past time, with all the handsome actors and other guys at the studio. Most prominently with Devon, Jeremy, and Tom.
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Currently, there are three episodes in the series:
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Currently, there are three four episodes in the series:
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* 1.04. ''[[https://youtu.be/lNl2qhc6RuA The Opposite of People]]''
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* ShowWithinAShow: West Chesterham, the ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' parody that brought Leah to prominence, and then ''Series/{{Outlander}}'', the Outlander parody that becomes the main project the crew works on.
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* ShowWithinAShow: West Chesterham, ''West Chesterham'', the ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' parody that brought Leah to prominence, and then ''Series/{{Outlander}}'', ''Offcomer'', the Outlander ''Series/{{Outlander}}'' parody that becomes the main project the crew works on.
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* MetaFiction: It’s a concept for a TV show about a TV show. And the people who make it.
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''Dream Machine'' is presented in the form of staged readings in screenplay format over Zoom, with minor costuming and staging in each actor’s performance window. Stage directions are read by actors serving as narrators for the scene.
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* ShowWithinAShow: West Chesterham, the Series/DowntonAbbey ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' parody that brought Leah to prominence, and then Offcomer, ''Series/{{Outlander}}'', the Outlander parody that becomes the main project the crew works on.
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TV writer Leah Lucchesi has charmed and clawed her way into a hit Downton Abbey-esque show. But when that show faces cancellation, she must learn to be flexible, collaborative, and real if she wants to start something new. Ryan Dresden is known as a hotshot movie producer, but after his drug addiction torches all his work and personal relationships, a programming job at Leah's network Dream Machine is his only option for getting back in the game. Representing the uneasy relationship between the creative and the commercial in art, they must find a way to work together to save both of their careers. Dream Machine is a show about people who have spent their lives relating to others only at a remove and by proxy, and now must find a way to form genuine connections to survive and thrive.
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* FoodFight: In episode 1.02, ''[[https://youtu.be/-bl6MfrrjsQ Requiem For a Dreamer]]'', Leah and Ryan wrestle over ice cream and threaten each other with it.
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* FoodFight: In episode 1.02, ''[[https://youtu.be/-bl6MfrrjsQ Requiem For a Dreamer]]'', Leah and Ryan wrestle over ice cream and threaten each other with it.it.
* ShowWithinAShow: West Chesterham, the Series/DowntonAbbey parody that brought Leah to prominence, and then Offcomer, the Outlander parody that becomes the main project the crew works on.
* StylisticSuck: Usually when a moment from one of the in-universe shows is depicted, it is intentionally ridiculous in satire of the original property it's referencing.
* ShowWithinAShow: West Chesterham, the Series/DowntonAbbey parody that brought Leah to prominence, and then Offcomer, the Outlander parody that becomes the main project the crew works on.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Leah Lucchesi may be “self-centered, fake, shallow, and allergic to showers”... but she’s a damn good writer and storyteller.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Leah Lucchesi may be “self-centered, fake, shallow, and allergic to showers”... but she’s a damn good writer and storyteller.storyteller.
* FoodFight: In episode 1.02, ''[[https://youtu.be/-bl6MfrrjsQ Requiem For a Dreamer]]'', Leah and Ryan wrestle over ice cream and threaten each other with it.
* FoodFight: In episode 1.02, ''[[https://youtu.be/-bl6MfrrjsQ Requiem For a Dreamer]]'', Leah and Ryan wrestle over ice cream and threaten each other with it.
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* 1.03: ''[[https://youtu.be/SEybXnzFFyw Change or Die]]''
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* 1.03: 03. ''[[https://youtu.be/SEybXnzFFyw Change or Die]]''Die]]''
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*BrokenAce: Ryan Dresden. He was a hotshot Hollywood film producer, but eventually his drug habit got so bad he destroyed all his personal and professional relationships. He ends up working at Dream Machine because a third-rate cable network is the only place that will take him.
*BunnyEarsLawyer: Leah Lucchesi may be “self-centered, fake, shallow, and allergic to showers”... but she’s a damn good writer and storyteller.
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*BrokenAce: Ryan Dresden. He was a hotshot Hollywood film producer, but eventually his drug habit got so bad he destroyed all his personal and professional relationships. He ends up working at Dream Machine because a third-rate cable network is the only place that will take him.
*BunnyEarsLawyer: Leah Lucchesi may be “self-centered, fake, shallow, and allergic to showers”... but she’s a damn good writer and storyteller.
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[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPcjdD4G6VMCmqbYTdRIdiXRc7frhetVK Dream Machine]] by Phoebe Roberts and Bernie Gabin is a comedy show presented in staged readings over Zoom about the crew of the titular cheap women’s cable TV network.
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[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPcjdD4G6VMCmqbYTdRIdiXRc7frhetVK Dream Machine]] by Phoebe Roberts and Bernie Gabin is a comedy show presented in staged readings over Zoom about the crew of the titular cheap women’s cable TV network.network.
Currently, there are three episodes in the series:
* 1.01. ''[[https://youtu.be/e2oItxmiIBQ The Show Must Go Off]]''
* 1.02. ''[[https://youtu.be/-bl6MfrrjsQ Requiem For a Dreamer]]''
* 1.03: ''[[https://youtu.be/SEybXnzFFyw Change or Die]]''
Currently, there are three episodes in the series:
* 1.01. ''[[https://youtu.be/e2oItxmiIBQ The Show Must Go Off]]''
* 1.02. ''[[https://youtu.be/-bl6MfrrjsQ Requiem For a Dreamer]]''
* 1.03: ''[[https://youtu.be/SEybXnzFFyw Change or Die]]''
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-->--From the pilot episode ''The Show Must Go Off''Off''
[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPcjdD4G6VMCmqbYTdRIdiXRc7frhetVK Dream Machine]] by Phoebe Roberts and Bernie Gabin is a comedy show presented in staged readings over Zoom about the crew of the titular cheap women’s cable TV network.
[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPcjdD4G6VMCmqbYTdRIdiXRc7frhetVK Dream Machine]] by Phoebe Roberts and Bernie Gabin is a comedy show presented in staged readings over Zoom about the crew of the titular cheap women’s cable TV network.
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->'''Ryan:''' I know it’s your baby. But it’s all grown up now— and got in a motorcycle crash that nobody can look away from. Nothing to do now but harvest the organs while they’re still viable.
-->--From the pilot episode ''The Show Must Go Off''
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->'''Ryan:''' I know it’s your baby. But it’s all grown up now— and got in a motorcycle crash that nobody can look away from. Nothing to do now but harvest the organs while they’re still viable.
-->--From the pilot episode ''The Show Must Go Off''
