Netflix’s ‘Florida Man’ as chaotic as its snarky memes
nypost.com“Florida Man” memes that include news reports that have “Florida Men” engaging in absurd crimes spurring real-life headlines: “Naked Florida man leads cops on chase in stolen school bus” or “Florida man punches bobcat to save daughter’s dog.” On the show, this manifests in situations including an incident where Mike tries to save a woman from drowning on a beach — only to get be accused of assaulting her.
On top of this indignity, he then get his unmentionables bitten by a shark … and the incident goes viral on social media.There’s also a plotline involving a dismembered dead man found in a storm drain.
In theory, it’s a good idea to make a show around these notorious “Florida Man” headlines that have become ubiquitous punchlines.
But the series never quite gels into anything coherent, nor does it get quite outlandish enough to justify naming itself after those infamous memes.The visuals are appropriately seedy — candy-colored neon flickering nightclub signs, motel rooms, beachside dive bars — but while the actors all deliver engaging performances, and their characters are often fun, we don’t know enough about them to feel invested in what’s happening.
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