It’s Unfair When a Celebrity’s Child is Talented

The Weekly Binge: 3 Web Series to Watch this Week

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It turns out the disgruntled apple doesn’t fall far from the Larry David tree. This show written and starring Cazzie David, LD’s daughter, is essentially millennial Curb Your Enthusiasm with social networks. There are the same obsessions with etiquette (are you required to get an ice cream cone in solidarity with your grieving friend, or can you stick with a cup and avoid the calories?), germs (city pants are any pants that have been in contact with New York City and they need to be quarantined), and the need to win (obsessing to strangers over a potential rival’s sexual ability). It feels somewhat unfair that a celebrity’s child would be this talented.

We’re used to seeing May-December romances and the gender roles are historically rather fixed. Yet this dialogue-heavy series about a 48-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man completely flips the script. It starts with a torrid first encounter that they then walk back as they figure out what the relationship is and what they want, ultimately creating a story about love, self-discovery, and L.A. And it has real acting chops behind it, garnering 3 Daytime Emmy nominations for its leads. The geographic details are a particularly nice touch, whether it’s confusion about L.A. Metro schedules, attending pet loss therapy classes, therapists who encourage booty calls, or trying to pick someone up by asking if they’re an actress.

This Instagram series from Australia is an innovation in format. Yes, you heard right — it’s a web series on Instagram. Each episode is a mini-clip, telling the story of a girl stuck in a rut who, one day, trips on a grave and wakes a ghost who only she can see. The only way she can get rid of him is by helping him understand his backstory. Quite an ambitious tale to be told in such a quick format and the short clips allow for interesting approaches to plot, timing, and character development.