As a filmmaker, Sarah Polley, an Oscar-winning writer/director and former actress herself, has avoided the very pitfalls of bean-counter interference the series “The Studio” satirizes.

For some, that means shopping sales; for others, it means minimizing how often they do costly things like getting their hair colored. So many people are interested in saving money at the salon ...

In the clip, Alexis began with her old hair, long and straight, and twirled her head around as the video cut to her new style: shorter, brighter, and blonder. "So many more changes coming ...