Genre: Comedy
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.
