La La's Full Court Life
By Kari Croop,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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"Real" life after marriage feels childish and overproduced.
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What's the Story?
Following up on married life six months after La La's Full Court Wedding, LA LA'S FULL COURT LIFE moves in with TV personality Alani "La La" Vazquez and her professional athlete husband, Carmelo Anthony, as Carmelo transfers his family from Denver to play for the New York Knicks. While La La adjusts to East Coast living, she seeks solace in her friends and attempts to jump-start her acting career.
Is It Any Good?
Moving on from the expensive, overblown nuptials she engineered for La La's Full Court Wedding, Vazquez is back with this needless (but generally harmless) sequel series that charts her life as a now-married newlywed and the wife of an NBA basketball star. But for all its attempts to show her "real" life after marriage, the show feels largely manufactured.
In the first episode alone, the show flies in two new characters to help things along: La La's best gal pals, understated singer Kelly Rowland and overgrown wild child Po, who join Vazquez in a trumped-up girls vs. guys bowling match in which the loser has to run naked through the snowy Denver streets. (And you'll never guess who has to strip!) But you also get the sense that, without all the artifice, there wouldn't be much else to see.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the heavy influence of celebrity on our culture. Why is being famous something that so many people aspire to? Do the realities of fame measure up to all the hype?
How does La La and Carmelo's relationship compare to some of the stereotypes that exist about professional athletes and their partners? What are healthy relationships so hard to come by in celebrity-driven professions?
How does this show compare with La La's other series chronicling her big-budget wedding? Does she seem more or less relatable now that the wedding is over and she's immersed in "real life"?
TV Details
- Premiere date: August 22, 2011
- Cast: Carmelo Anthony, La La Vazquez
- Network: VH1
- Genre: Reality TV
- TV rating: TV-PG
- Last updated: December 7, 2022
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