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It is, in a strange way, a TV show about wish fulfilment.
There isn't a big lottery windfall or a dream-date connection or any kind of happily-ever-after ending, but for anyone whose retirement savings took a big, cold bath during the recent economic collapse, Living In Your Car does provide its own perverse kind of feel-good experience.
Living In Your Car, a new Canadian-made cable series that premieres Friday on HBO Canada, could fairly be described as a comeuppance comedy -- a show that gives its viewers what they want by really giving its central character what he deserves.
John Ralston (This Is Wonderland, The 11th Hour) plays Steve Unger, an erstwhile corporate titan whose empire comes crashing down after it's found he was defrauding clients, falsifying financial records and funnelling as much cash as possible into his own pockets even as the markets crashed.
The authorities arrive as Steve is frantically shredding...