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8/10
Unexpectedly funny
korinez30 August 2017
This comedy series depicts life of Diplo, a star DJ. Diplo is a real person and he very well knows about this show since he is an executive producer of the series and he definitely takes part in writing the scenario. Somebody on the Internet called this show 'Spinal Tap' for the dance music world and I do believe that it is the best possible way to describe it. There is a movie, 'Spinal Tap' which is celebrated for the way it depicts a story of a fictional rock band. It mocks all the existing clichés related to a life of a rock band in a grotesque and elegant way. (Run and watch it if you haven't, it's golden.) This series does the same to the world of popular music, constantly referring to the stars that we all know or have at least heard of once like Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift or Calvin Harris. Some of them are featured in the series, played by actors, obviously. The humour is definitely above-the-waist, the show is witty, the jokes sound neither vulgar nor cheesy. The dialogues felt like a holiday for my ears because after piling through first 10 minutes of dozens first episodes of dozens of comedy series I finally found something that sounds smart.

Played by James van der Beek who showcased his comedy talent in 'Don't trust the B-- in Apartment 23', Diplo is nothing but a talented, naive child who wants to have everything delivered to him right this instant. What's precious is that he is absolutely impossible to be seriously mad at, like Peter Pan. His crew is constantly moaning about how unbearable Diplo is yet you can see that none of them would trade the chance to spend their days in such a fascinating way for anything else. Other actors did a pretty good job as well, none of their performances seemed cringy or hard to believe.

For me, this series is a breath of fresh air. Will definitely recommend it to all of my friends.
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7/10
A candid way to create entertainment
francoyolanda14 August 2017
I hope this is James Van Der Beek's major breakthrough! A clever critique about the music scene and the pop stars that end up surrounded by "lapdogs" that only ignite narcissistic personalities. A series about a current theme that doesn't (YET) resort to the use of obscene language and does not rely on the stereotypes associated with the music industry like showing naked women to illustrate their point of view to tell the story. I hope it doesn't get canceled or underrated like other equally good shows. A candid way to create entertainment. Highly Recommended!
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8/10
Mad Decent
sylvia_no5 September 2018
A really funny kinda different style of mockumentary. James Van der Beek and cast are ace. A really easy watch, with tonnes of good one liners.
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9/10
Funny show
piracymoney-339-48240314 January 2018
Not an accurate depiction but a really funny show. Just off the cuff comedy. Bobby lee and Van are hilarious both on their podcasts and the show.
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6/10
a laugh every once in awhile
SnoopyStyle9 April 2019
Diplo (James Van Der Beek) is an international electronic DJ superstar. He is self-obsessed and an unaware diva. His assistant Karen has to cater to his every whim. Jasper is his idiot school friend and hanger on posse. Brian (Bobby Lee) is his manager. Kröner is his stat-obsessed tech. Jamar is his ball-busting best friend.

Everybody is trying to do original material for the streaming world. This is probably Viceland dipping its toe in the water. It's low budget, high concept. Van Der Beek has done the deadpan realistic idiot character before. It's modeled after someone like Calvin Harris. Here's the deal. There isn't much in terms of writing. It is like a concept being produced for each episode and let the inmates run wild. There may be a laugh a show. This is somebody trying something and having fun with it. There are worst things in the world.
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9/10
Solid Comedy Gold
nightc130 August 2017
I only caught this show because James Van Der Beek went on Conan to promote it. The clip looked hilarious and so I set my DVR to record it. You should too. Before this show I couldn't have told you even who Diplo was, so I don't think it matters if you have a clue either. It's the right amount of over the top situations coupled with some seriously off the wall thinking. It even borderlines on the sweet and endearing at times. Some of the things Diplo says make him seem like a modern day Yogi Berra. Seriously, don't take my word for it, go DVR the show and watch it. It's comedy gold and every episode is pretty much a standalone experience worth watching multiple times.
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9/10
Interesting
aikitom2 January 2020
Jury's out on this as I'm watching ep 2. Super original and weird. Looks nice, photo and cast wise. Funny at times . I like. Leaning towards 7 stars, But understand the very low reviews too. Reviewer mykle ykle writes " Severely dumb. Like a Disney sitcom for dumb adults" Biggest laugh I had all day . Well done.thanks.
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2/10
Waste?
Mykle_Ykle26 December 2019
Not funny to me. It was severely dumb. I was like a Disney sitcom for stupid adults.
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10/10
The only had thing about it
tylerpurrden-783-36561427 November 2021
Is that there's only one season!! Would love to see more behind the scenes stuff; would love to see Diplo actually talk about anything as far as references or did it just spring fully written from James Van DER Beek's cranium.
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1/10
Omg please kill me
pootypoot10 June 2018
It's not funny. I was forced to watch this, and I wanted to slit my wrists the whole time. I'd rather watch a farm birth. I'd rather die in a fire than watch another minute of this show. It's so bad.
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2/10
Van der Weak
bryanrozman11 January 2020
Though never a target demographic for most of his material, I thought I would take a chance on watching James during a late night bout with insomnia. I used to be interested in electronic music back in the days when Frankie Knuckles was still a novelty, but then I got a life. I enjoyed watching the series end-to-end to kill that time, even though the surrounding characters seemed under-developed. I thought Jamar was the most interesting subplot, but wanted a bit more detail which was never explained. It would seem that a coherent plot line is unimportant to this type of satire, but in this case "Diplo is a dope" is well-established by the first episode and unnecessarily beaten to death by the second, and there was little more than that by the final episode. Worst of all, James just can't seem to pull that satire off. Even in the series' most playful moments he seems the least so, weighing down the rest of the cast's performances. Plus, watching unusually long shirtless and pant-less sequences of him led to a lot of fast forwarding. If you are a 40-44 year old woman who just can't get enough of six degrees of separation from Dawson's Creek, than this might be for you, otherwise, watch at your latest convenience.
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