Florida's Weirdest Encounters: Comedy Meets Reality In HBO's New Series

com, HBO's new documentary-style comedy series "It's Florida, Man" is set to premiere on Friday at 11 p. m. The show takes a unique approach by using comedic actors to re-enact personal sagas from real---- events, which are often obscure, strange, and sometimes disturbing. As reported by nytimes. com, the series "uses familiar comedic actors in cheeky re-enactments of real events, but those events are all personal sagas; they are obscure and strange, sometimes disturbing and sometimes enchanting — and all very Florida." The show's creator, John Wilson, has stated that he is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but is willing to learn and share his experiences with viewers.

The first episode, titled "Toes," centers around a music lover who posts unusual jobs on Craigslist, including arranging an extreme encounter for a client. The man is tasked with finding someone to witness cannibalism... which he describes as "who is (1) free on a Thursday, and (2) is down to witness cannibalism?" The episode tackles themes of identity, morality, "and the blurred lines between reality and fiction." The show's unique blend of comedy and drama has been compared to "Drunk History" and "How To With John Wilson," both of which focus on real---- stories and experiences.

Unlike these shows, "however," "It's Florida, Man" uses re-enactments and comedic actors to bring the stories to ---. In other TV news... Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuarón is making a rare foray into television with his new series "Disclaimer," starring Cate Blanchett.

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"It's Florida, Man," premiering Friday at 11 p.m., on HBO, takes a "Drunk History" approach to the intimacy and portraiture of "How To With John Wilson." It uses familiar comedic actors in cheeky re-enactments of real events, but those events are all personal sagas; they are obscure and strange, sometimes disturbing and sometimes enchanting — and all very Florida.
"I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed," he says in the second episode. "But I'll stab you with the sharpest tool." He grins. Later, he offers some of the most sanguine enlightenment one can find on television.