An amazing set of strangely familiar characters, interacting in most believable ways. Fat dry-cleaner and his mom, lesbian Chinese restaurant owner and her lover, porn stars and mobsters, miscellaneous mass culture leftovers. Full of hilarious gags, this show introduces you to the less-glamorous California. The "low-speed chase" is unforgettable. All the characters sucked into the porn film production - the young film director with his sidekick/cameraman, an upscale fiancée and her even more upscale mom, the receptionist, the next-door shop owner - are a bottomless pit of laughs. In my book, this show is the US equivalent of "The League of Gentlement", the lighter and gentler one, the way California is way sunnier than Scotland (or wherever the Gentlemen ply their decadent trade), but no less brilliant.
Review of Strip Mall
