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Revisiting 'Casual: The Series'

I don't know what got me thinking about this, but I sort of miss watching Casual: The Series. This short web-only series directed by Jay Diaz and starring Lauren Marini and Brian Thomas Smith made me fall in love with regular Los Angeles life. When I moved to LA back in 2012, this series (which later rebooted in 2013 while I was still living in LA) summed up very perfectly how I felt my life was playing out on the West Coast.

Anyway, I think I'm going to slowly re-watch Casual. I miss that odd, awkward tension between two former lovers playing out on screen. Oh, and I miss California sun.


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