If HBO were a cult, it would have to be one of the most successful ones going. What other entity hurls barges of money at certain creators simply because they say they want to make something, then waits for the praiseworthy recruits to shower them with adulation and reverent podcast breakdowns?
The channel's executives have a long history of doing this, trusting a series of men with oodles of cash simply because they created a hit at some point.
