A nation of dudes wiped off their dried up Entourage spittle and tuned in to the premiere of HBO’s Ballers, which stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Spencer Strasmore, a retired Miami Dolphins player turned financial advisor. Broke athletes, with a side of tits, is what it is, and it’s likely to be every football lover’s new fix, even if it’s not that good.
Money is the motive on this series that’s clearly swimming with Entourage DNA (it’s executive produced by Mark Wahlberg). The gist: washed up NFL players have it rough. Women are likely to serve mostly as accessories and playthings here (or, in this episode, “funeral hoes” and “hot snatch”), all under the guise that this is the real world. It’s clear from the first scene when a supremely buff (like, seriously) The Rock wakes up shirtless next to a naked woman (a reporter) and chomps on a pill. And when Spencer’s NFL buddy Rodney Slater dies in a brutal car crash on the highway while arguing with his side chick. And when Ricky Jerret (John David Washington) bangs a “bottle service girl” in a club bathroom. Wishful thinking that this will, in future episodes, be balanced with the stories of unsung women executives, wives and reporters?
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