La La Land

La La Land was a 6-part British mockumentary comedy starring Marc Wotton, English comedian playing all three heightened characters. The show was broadcast in 2010.

What is the show about?

The series follows three Brits trying to make it big in Hollywood; the three characters never intersect with each other. The series follows Shirley Ghostman, a fake, conniving psychic; Gary, an actor; and Brendan, a Michael Moore type horrible documentary filmmaker. The show is very similar to the movie, Borat. Everything you see in the series is entirely improvised, and Marc Wotton will push and cross the line making the people he interacts with loose their shit or at least cause discomfort. 

Why should you watch this series?

It won’t take much commitment to sit down and watch this hilarious and at times so inappropriate, it’s funny series. The show is only 6 episodes long, running half an hour each and it’s fucking brilliant. It relies a lot on cringe, awkward humour, which is the best kind.

Marc Wotton knows his characters; after all they are of his own creation. Wotton has the freedom to do whatever he wants in this show. My favourite character in the entire series is Shirley Ghostman. Shirley is a flamboyant, fraudulent, self-proclaimed “psychic”, there’s nothing he won’t do to try and get ahead in Hollywood. Ghostman lies, cheats, schemes and pushes a lot of buttons of everybody who has to deal with him.

The great thing about this series is that none of these scenes are set-up; the ordinary people Wotton’s character deals with are not in on the joke, they take his questionable actions very seriously and when he crosses the line they get very upset and offended. Marc Wotton plays it completely straight with all his characters.

Watch this show, you won’t regret it.