“Based on a True Story” and “The Horror of Delores Roach” [TELEVISION REVIEW]
“Based on a True Story” – Story, in any case “Based on a True Story” is a dark comedy that pokes fun at podcasts and the public’s penchant for gore, thrills, chills and mayhem. Following the adventures of Ava and Nathan, LA westsiders whose aspirations haven’t quite made it over the first hurdle. Ava, a not quite successful real estate agent, lives in the shadow of her very affluent and much more successful girlfriends. Nathan was, at one point, a promising pro on the tennis circuit who blew out his knee and has been relegated to teaching housewives at a midrange tennis club. Each is about to get demoted, Ava from million dollar homes to apartment buildings, and Nathan from the ladies who lunch to the children who pee. If something doesn’t happen soon, they’ll lose their home in Mar Vista. Oh, and Ava is pregnant so they need the bucks. Chris Messina as Nathan and Kaley Cuoco as Ava. Photo by Elizabeth Morris, courtesy of PEACOCK. It is Ava who comes up with the idea of doing a podcast because they are all the rage and the successful ones are selling in the seven figures, especially those about true crimes. If only they could find a topic like the elusive westside serial killer…
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