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Six years ago, Rachel Sennott<\/a> shared an unflattering imaginary snapshot of Los Angeles life in a viral video<\/a> she describes as \u201cthe trailer for any movie set in LA.\u201d As the beat from Azealia Banks<\/a>\u2019 \u201c212\u201d thumps in the background, she bounces around her tiny New York bedroom, twirling like a chemically enhanced cool girl. \u201cC\u2019mon! It\u2019s LA,\u201d she chirps. \u201cI\u2019m addicted to drugs. We all are! If you don\u2019t have an eating disorder, get one, b***h.\u201d<\/p>\n If you belong to the Church of Manifesting<\/a>, there\u2019s a strong argument to be made that this was how Sennott willed \u201cI Love LA\u201d into existence, whether in fulfillment of a suppressed desire or a cosmic joke. Either way, that clip belongs to her joke-posting era, when the burgeoning comic performer tried out material on Twitter and sharpened her punchlines at New York City open mics.<\/p>\n Then came her indie darling christening, courtesy of Emma Seligman\u2019s \u201cShiva Baby\u201d in 2020, when she moved to Los Angeles, followed by breakout roles in 2022\u2019s \u201cBodies Bodies Bodies<\/a>\u201d and 2023\u2019s \u201cBottoms<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Many Instagram reels later, Sennott\u2019s grid is bedazzled with poses on gala step-and-repeats, snapshots from a Balenciaga campaign and party pics with pop queen Charli XCX<\/a>. But the surest sign that the Connecticut-born New Yorker has gone West Coast native is a February posting captioned \u201chard at work in the writers\u2019 room<\/a>,\u201d showing a staffer hanging up a framed poster that screams, \u201cNew York Is Over.\u201d<\/p>\n