Ever since HBO’s “Silicon Valley” premiered last month, it’s become a
parlor game among the tech media to debate the accuracy of the Mike
Judge comedy’s satire of startup culture, from the uniform of its
characters to the Valley’s “change the world” ethos.

And as with every satire, not everyone appreciates the way they’re
portrayed — but the “Silicon Valley” stars insist it’s an homage, not a
critique.

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“We had been exposed to the HBO ‘Silicon Valley’ fake version of this,
where they had sort of set it up to satirize that, and now [we’re] at
the real version in New York City and it’s f–king weird,” Miller says
over drinks at the Refinery Hotel. “It’s very similar to what we were
satirizing.”

IFRAME:

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viewers per episode and HBO has already renewed it for Season 2 — a
success its stars credit to the show zeroing in on a culturally
relevant topic that is ripe for satire.

“There is this strange moment where people do understand what an

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“What kind of world begs to be taken seriously when they turn down $3
billion?” adds Middleditch. “If you’re like, ‘We don’t deserve any
satire or parody,’ I think maybe you do. You just turned down a
country’s wealth.”
T.J. Miller and Thomas Middleditch star in “Silicon Valley.”Photo: