A washed-up Catalan TV god plays himself in the most meta tantrum ever filmed.
Season 2 • Episode 12
Latest'The Crackpot' is about an actor very important in the past of Catalonia, called Joel Joan (Plats Bruts, Porca Misèria), but has a problem: no one wants him in a film, because is very egocentric and rude. The series starts when he try to be in a new catalan film.
Acting
Joan weaponizes his own reputation with zero shame.
Writing
Meta layers collapse beautifully into self-parody.
Production
Tiny Catalan film industry becomes perfect punching bag.
Creators
Joel Joan, Héctor Claramunt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joel Joan was massive in Catalonia through 'Plats Bruts' (1999-2002), a sitcom that defined an era of Catalan-language television. This series is basically his 'Larry Sanders Show' moment.
The 0.0 TMDB rating with zero votes is almost too perfect—this show about obscurity is literally invisible to international algorithms.
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