"I Love LA, the HBO comedy set among wannabe gen Z influencers, is only halfway through its eight-episode run, but it is already comfortably the best show of the year. And more importantly, it has triggered all the signifiers of event TV: obsessive repeat viewings, line-by-line coverage, big platform profiles of its stars and weekly recaps on Vulture, New York magazine's website."
"Within days of each episode airing, people have transcribed and uploaded the entire script, which with the best will in the world no one's doing for Riot Women. The surprising thing about this is not the fact that it's the first show by Rachel Sennott, the show's 30-year-old creator and star, or that the action takes place in a tiny world in east LA, but that content about influencers can be watchable at all."
I Love LA is an HBO comedy about wannabe Gen Z influencers that has become an unexpected cultural event during its eight-episode run. The series has provoked obsessive repeat viewings, line-by-line coverage, platform profiles, and weekly recaps, with fans transcribing full scripts within days. The surprise rests less on Rachel Sennott's role as the show's 30-year-old creator and star or on its east LA setting than on the fact that influencer-centered content can be watchable. The series succeeds where previous influencer-themed shows flopped by writing from inside the subculture and drawing on Sennott's move from New York to LA in 2020.
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