Even if you don’t live in or around Los Angeles , this past weekend made our fair, sprawling city difficult to ignore. Between a historic Dodgers World Series win against the Toronto Blue Jays, the ensuing cannonfire blasts of celebratory fireworks, and Monday morning’s subsequent victory parade through Downtown, plus the much-anticipated premiere of Rachel Sennott ’s twentysomething hangout comedy I Love LA on HBO, it feels like Los Angeles is genuinely, unironically having a moment.

This actually feels strange to admit. When I think about pop culture admiring L.A. sans irony, my mind is drawn back to Old Hollywood and slightly more recent cinematic history. From L.A. Confidential to Mulholland Drive , La La Land , Pulp Fiction , Friday , Boogie Nights , and Chinatow

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