‘Los Angeles Plays Itself’ 10th Anniversary Remastered Edition Review

Don’t call it L.A.

“L.A.” isn’t real. Those initials are a reduction of the real city and everyone who lives in it. “L.A.” is shorthand for “Hollywood,” a mythical place where everyone works in the film industry, the streets are pristine, and there’s a plastic surgeon on every corner. L.A. is what outsiders call us. L.A. isn’t a true city. It has no iden…