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<i>La La Land</i> (TV series)

La La Land (TV series)

American TV series or program


La La Land is an American television comedy series broadcast on Showtime in the United States, BBC Three in the United Kingdom, and SBS One in Australia. It is a mockumentary which features character comedian Marc Wootton playing three different characters: Shirley Ghostman, a fake psychic; Gary Garner, a wannabe actor; and Brendan Allen, a documentary film-maker.

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Release

The series was first broadcast on 25 January 2010. It was released on DVD on 7 June 2010.[2]

Episodes

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Reception

The series received mixed reviews from critics. Mike Hale of The New York Times gave a positive review, writing "while he doesn’t often inspire the helpless laughter that Borat or Da Ali G Show provoke, his quieter, more slowly building situations can have their own devastating payoffs."[3] Heather Havrilesky of Salon praised the dark comedy and narrative, describing the series as capturing "the jackassery inherent to striving."[4] Brian Lowry of Variety gave an negative review, describing Wootton as "poor man's Sacha Baron Cohen" and writing of the series "while Wootton's irreverent antics are sporadically funny enough to win him a cult following, the memorable moments ultimately prove too few and far between."[5] On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 57% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 2/10.[2]


References

  1. "La La Land Episode Guide". Showtime. 6 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  2. "La La Land: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. Hale, Mike (24 January 2010). "Very British, Somewhat Borat and a Lot of Nerve (Published 2010)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ""La La Land": Move over, Borat!". Salon. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. Lowry, Brian (4 August 2012). "Variety Reviews - La La Land". Variety. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2021.



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