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>Laurie Bream = Marissa Mayer Laurie Bream is still Peter Thiel. The character is nothing like Marissa Mayer. MM doesn't really have an analogue in the SV show
by whamlastxmas 10y ago
>Laurie Bream = Marissa Mayer
Laurie Bream is still Peter Thiel. The character is nothing like Marissa Mayer. MM doesn't really have an analogue in the SV show.
- bobsil1 10y ago>Kara Swisher, asked show creator Mike Judge if Laurie Bream was a little slice of Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, and got an assent that Mayer was "one of" the inspirations. http://www.recode.net/2015/4/13/11561406/hbos-silicon-valley-season-2-episode-1-cameos-and-lookalikes http://www.recode.net/2015/4/13/11561406/hbos-silicon-valley...
- whamlastxmas 10y agoI'm not sure how that makes sense. Laurie Bream is a direct character replacement after the actor Christopher Welch passed away. The character barely changed at all. If MM was an inspiration, it must have been on a very subtle level, or possibly only in finding the right look of the actor to play Laurie Bream.
- bobsil1 10y ago>Marissa Mayer, the Yahoo CEO who enunciates in a similar alien voice, makes cutthroat decisions based on metrics, and has difficulty holding eye contact with subordinates. https://backchannel.com/who-are-the-real-life-models-of-silicon-valley-characters-we-have-them-3507bc890d9a https://backchannel.com/who-are-the-real-life-models-of-sili...