"Tinsel's Town" Episode 19: "The Birds Come Home To Roost"

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JUST ANOTHER DAY IN LA.

What does a struggling LA actress do when her career fails to take off? She launches her own YouTube channel. Duh.

Beleaguered LA actress and know-it-all Tinsel Townsend makes a desperate-but earnest bid for fame (or at least a little attention) by starting her own vlog-style internet channel, "Tinsel's Town", determined to conquer Hollywood the NEW-fashioned way: one subscriber at a time.

The show – where Tinsel waxes weekly about LA fashion, fads and phobias – becomes a growing success, with viewers tuning in to get Tinsel's expert, quirky take on a wide range of planet-shaking and super-important topics: whether it's the questionable hygiene of hair scrunchies or the manipulative chicanery of lite beer, Tinsel has an opinionated opinion that she's all too willing to share.

But the show, which started out as a means to publicly showcase Tinsel's unique talents and expertise, soon evolves into something entirely different, something a bit at odds with the shininess her name implies: A travelogue of her topsy-turvy family and emotional life. It isn't long before the know-it-all starts to realizes that she might not know as much about LA as she thought. And even less about herself.

And because things get darkest just before they get even darker, the tables turn yet again for Tinsel. In the murky throes of a Klonopin-induced haze, she accidentally insults one of her fans who become instantly outraged and offended, launching a full-scale mutiny of their own. One by one they abandon the SS Tinsel, revealing another more painful truth:

While all the world might be a stage, the online world is more like a minefield, where one false move can cost you more than a leg or an ear lobe – it can reset your subscriber count to zero and cost you an entire career.

Kaboom.

The 27-episode comedy attempts to satirize a culture that values shine over substance, celebrates personality over intellect, and encourages outrage over empathy.

It stars Disney alum Aimee-Lynn Chadwick as Tinsel Townsend, the self-obsessed, fame-obsessed know-it-all who learns the hard way that the road to fame is littered with red lights and road kill. And that short cuts can easily lead to wrong turns.

NARCISISSM. EXHIBITIONISM. AND GLUTEN-FREE SOAP.
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN LA.

What does a struggling LA actress do when her career fails to take off? She launches her own YouTube channel. Duh.

Beleaguered LA actress and know-it-all Tinsel Townsend makes a desperate-but earnest bid for fame (or at least a little attention) by starting her own vlog-style internet channel, "Tinsel's Town", determined to conquer Hollywood the NEW-fashioned way: one subscriber at a time.

The show – where Tinsel waxes weekly about LA fashion, fads and phobias – becomes a growing success, with viewers tuning in to get Tinsel's expert, quirky take on a wide range of planet-shaking and super-important topics: whether it's the questionable hygiene of hair scrunchies or the manipulative chicanery of lite beer, Tinsel has an opinionated opinion that she's all too willing to share.

But the show, which started out as a means to publicly showcase Tinsel's unique talents and expertise, soon evolves into something entirely different, something a bit at odds with the shininess her name implies: A travelogue of her topsy-turvy family and emotional life. It isn't long before the know-it-all starts to realizes that she might not know as much about LA as she thought. And even less about herself.

And because things get darkest just before they get even darker, the tables turn yet again for Tinsel. In the murky throes of a Klonopin-induced haze, she accidentally insults one of her fans who become instantly outraged and offended, launching a full-scale mutiny of their own. One by one they abandon the SS Tinsel, revealing another more painful truth:

While all the world might be a stage, the online world is more like a minefield, where one false move can cost you more than a leg or an ear lobe – it can reset your subscriber count to zero and cost you an entire career.

Kaboom.

The 27-episode comedy attempts to satirize a culture that values shine over substance, celebrates personality over intellect, and encourages outrage over empathy.

It stars Disney alum Aimee-Lynn Chadwick as Tinsel Townsend, the self-obsessed, fame-obsessed know-it-all who learns the hard way that the road to fame is littered with red lights and road kill. And that short cuts can easily lead to wrong turns.

The world of Tinsel and "Tinsel's Town" has not been contained to the online space: show creator David Barry also writes and produces events where Aimee Lynn Chadwick appears live in character as Tinsel, most notably at Vidcon, the world's largest gathering of digital video and online creators.