"In Sunday's season finale of "I Love L.A.," Los Angeles is blamed for getting between the show's protagonist, Maia (Rachel Sennott), and her live-in boyfriend, Dylan (Josh Hutcherson). After their relationship falls apart, Maia, an aspiring talent manager, absconds to New York with her only client, Tallulah (Odessa A'zion), a party girl turned influencer, so that the pair can attend a fashion dinner that will increase Tallulah's profile."
""I Love L.A.," which was created by Sennott, has a transplant's grasp of its titular city. (Sennott herself moved to Los Angeles during the pandemic.) The setting is far from the only element that feels underdeveloped: the inner lives of the characters, nearly all of whom spend their waking hours at jobs dedicated to image curation, are more suggested than seen."
I Love L.A. follows Maia, an aspiring talent manager whose live-in relationship with Dylan collapses after she absconds to New York with her only client, Tallulah, a party girl turned influencer. Maia uses a break to pursue a big-agency opening and to sleep with an old boss while Tallulah chases profile-raising opportunities. Charlie, Maia's emotionally astute friend, tries to reassure Dylan that Los Angeles has changed Maia. The setting reflects a transplant's grasp of the city, but characters' inner lives feel underdeveloped amid careers devoted to image curation. The show portrays zillennial brain rot tied to the creator and attention economies.
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