Good writing can improve a silly plot, but writing alone can’t save a series from bad casting or acting. Nothing torpedoes a production quicker than actors you simply don’t care about.

Love them, hate them; do anything but be indifferent to them. Actors who don’t register with the audience kill a film project quicker than a 32 round magazine in an assault rifle.

OK, let’s get this out of the way. Disclaimer time: I’m a huge fan of web series.

For those unfamiliar with the genre, web series are an inexpensive and terribly accessible outlet for the rest of us civilians who aren’t rich or connected to the juggernaut known as Hollywood.

Almost anyone can play.

At first glance, Logo’s new offering, “DTLA,” looks a lot like “Queer As Folk.” The cast is more racially diverse. There are more sunglasses and less plaid and presumably, there’s more sunscreen application given a location distinctly south of Toronto. Los Angeles is a much different venue but regardless; it’s the same song to a different dance and wonderfully updated music.

And, that’s just fabulous.

Art imitates life and art imitates art and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, especially when it’s done right.

David Nadelberg’s “The Mortified Sessions” is one of the quirkiest and most unique programs of any season.