''La La Land'' is an American

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series broadcast on

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in the United States,

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in the United Kingdom, and

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in Australia. It features character comedian

Marc Wootton Marc James Wootton (born 8 February 1975) is an English actor, comedian and writer, best known for his role as Mr Poppy in the ''Nativity!'' film series. Wootton has also appeared in ''High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman'', ''La La Land'', ''Nig ...

playing three different characters: Shirley Ghostman, a fake psychic; Gary Garner, a wannabe actor; and Brendan Allen, a documentary film-maker.

Release

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

Reception

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, the series holds an approval rating of 57% based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 2/10. The series received mixed reviews by critics. Mike Hale of the ''New York Times'' gave a favorable review, writing "while he doesn’t often inspire the helpless laughter that

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provoke, his quieter, more slowly building situations can have their own devastating payoffs." Heather Havrilesky of ''Salon'' praised the dark comedy and narrative, describing the series as capturing "the jackassery inherent to striving." Brian Lowry of ''Variety'' gave an unfavorable 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."

References

External links

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