Portage (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} portagemod) wrote,@ 2011-05-22 04:01:00 |
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Premise
Nestled between two rivers in the middle of Wisconsin is a sleepy town called Portage. With a population of about 10,000 the town harkens back to a simple life of living. It's your typical small town where everyone knows each other, gossip runs rampant, and you can leave your doors unlocked without worry. The citizens of this town are used to their way of life, but things have started to change, but they're still unsure if it's for the better or worse.
The small town setting happened to appeal to a Hollywood director and producer who decided Portage would make a great backdrop for his recent cop drama film, "Behind The Badge". The movie dealt with corruption from a big town department that seeped into a small town unit. It was highly acclaimed by critics and Portage flourished from the new business and tourism it was developing. The movie did for this small town what "Grumpy Old Men" did for a small town in Minnesota and soon people were beginning to stop by on their travels to see the backdrop for the movie.
A year and a half later the producer couldn't get the small town out of his head and when the idea of for a new small town tv show came up he couldn't help but offer up Portage as a backdrop. The tv show, "Perfection", is now filming it's second season. The plot of the show is a take on "Desperate Housewives" but with a Midwestern twist. The show focuses on the small town that takes pride in a perfect facade for it's town, but underneath it is a town full of corruption, deceit, and lies. It has been praised by critics thusfar.
The majority of the cast and crew stay in Portage while filming so the town is flourishing from the influx of activity, but the townsfolk are beginning to question if the show is hitting closer to home than they had thought before.