The classic stereotype of the citizens of Los Angeles is that that we’re all fake. That the people here are all flash and no substance, all smiles and no sincerity, as photogenic as the Pacific at sunset and as shallow as the Los Angeles River during one of our somehow constant historic droughts.

This is not true, obviously, any more than it is that all New Yorkers are rude or all Austinites are weird; actually speak to a local, and you’ll find our inner lives and loves are as rich as anyone else’s. Still, the reputation endures, at least in the public imagination — and it’s not likely to be upended much by star and creator Rachel Sennott ’s I Love LA . Much like the archetypal Angeleno, the HBO comedy bursts out the gate with the look-at-me dazzle of a star in waiting; much like an

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