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It's Florida, Man.

It's Florida, Man.

6.9

Celebrities reenact crazy true stories of Floridians in this Drunk History-esque anthology series

TV Show

United States of America
English
Comedy
2024

TLDR

It’s fun and crazy, but the jokes become very familiar very fast.

What it's about

Floridians narrate their stranger-than-fiction stories as familiar faces reenact them in this anthology series executive-produced by Danny McBride (The Righteous Gemstones).

The take

Everyone knows Florida exists in a sphere of its own, so making a show about the boundlessly crazy scenarios the people there get themselves into makes sense. In It’s Florida, Man., Floridians narrate their stories as celebrities, including the likes of Anna Faris, Randal Park, and Jake Johnson, recreate them in hilarious ways. The show is entertaining to be sure, and with each episode at barely 30 mins, it’s very easy to binge. But it also feels too straightforward and, eventually, predictable. The template it follows is similar to Comedy Central’s Drunk History, where you have a narrator guiding you through the events as guest cameos to bring them to life. The difference is It’s Florida, Man. relies on the testimony of real-life people, so no matter how bizarre their experiences are, their storytelling skills can only do so much. Sometimes, their parts feel sad and sobering, other times they’re overshadowed by the actors. The show is entertaining to be sure, but the tone it strikes often feels imbalanced and the jokes—can you believe this happened? Only in Florida!—tends to get tiring.

What stands out

To each his own, but I’m still thinking about that man whose ultimate fantasy was getting his toes cut and eaten. Why?

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