March 25th, 2009 11:06 pm

‘Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure’

ABC1’s new comedy documentary follows 20-something-year-old Lawrence Leung, as he goes back to fulfil his life long aspirations.

‘Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure’ is a 6-part ABC1 series, produced by the team that brought us ‘The Chaser’s War on Everything’.

It follows 20-something-year-old Leung, as he goes back to fufil his life long aspirations.

In the first episode, Leung is on a mission to find his long lost childhood crush Angela.

He even goes as far as to fly to California to seek advice from supposed experts in the field of “talking to girls.”

While this show may not be for everyone, it has its moments. Its far from the garish over top mockumentaty style of Chris Lilley’s ‘Summer Height High’, instead it tends to lean towards a more subtle form of comedy which extends from the awkwardness of more or less every situation Leung gets into.

The biggest laughs come from Leung’s Hong-Kong born parents, whose charming commentary on all of Leung’s antics make for some excellent entertainment.

There is a certain level of charisma that comes from Leung’s rather naive and gentle persona, however is this enough to sustain our attention over six weeks? Unfortunately, the awkwardness of the show’s comedy stylings sometimes plays too subtly that you do feel rather embarrassed by the events unfolding.

While I don’t think ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ will be the smash hit that ‘Summer Heights’ was, I do think the series will find its own loyal fan-base. Perhaps those who enjoy the similarly awkward Kiki comedy, ‘Flight of the Concords’.

‘Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure’ airs 9.30pm Wednesday’s on ABC1. Re-runs air 9.00pm Thursday’s on ABC2.