| La La Land | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Marc Wootton |
| Directed by | Misha Manson-Smith |
| Starring | Marc Wootton |
| Composer | Steve Mason |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Charlie Siskel Misha Manson-Smith Marc Wootton |
| Producer | Alexandra Reed |
| Cinematography | Mark Schwartzbard |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 25–28 minutes[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime (United States) BBC Three (United Kingdom) |
| Release | 25 January – 1 March 2010 |
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.
Release
[edit]The series was first broadcast on 25 January 2010. It was released on DVD on 7 June 2010.[2]
Episodes
[edit]| Episode | Plot Summary |
|---|---|
| Episode #1.1 | Week one sees Gary Garner, an East-London taxi driver, making himself at home in the lavish Laurel Canyon mansion of Ruta Lee, a film star of Hollywood's golden age he once chauffeured in the UK. |
| Episode #1.2 | Week two see Shirley, Brendan and Gary continue their assuault on Los Angeles and strive to get noticed by those in the know. |
| Episode #1.3 | Laith comes to LA for work and the Ladies of Slay cant keep their eyes off of him. |
| Episode #1.4 | After four weeks in La La Land, Gary has finally bagged his first ever audition: to front a commercial for a chain of mattress stores. |
| Episode #1.5 | After five weeks in Los Angeles, Shirley is offered his first gig: he's bottom of the bill at a psychic showcase at the Theatre West in Studio City. |
| Episode #1.6 | Gary begins work on a Tommy Wiseau feature film. |
Reception
[edit]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 a 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
[edit]- ^ "La La Land Episode Guide". Showtime. 6 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ a b "La La Land: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ ""La La Land": Move over, Borat!". Salon. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (4 August 2012). "Variety Reviews - La La Land". Variety. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- La La Land at Showtime.com
- La La Land at IMDb
- Fooling Nobody Marc Wootton's official site and blog
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