That pretty much bullshit, though. That’s Beatrice simply telling her son, yet again, the he is intrinsically trash, and her “I’m sorry” is not a a real apology as much as a “Fuck you. Sucks to be you.” Not a single flashback to BoJack’s childhood supports that “he was born broken,” and he was just shown as a normal child, just like Beatrice herself was portrayed as a normal child in her own flashbacks. She’s just pretending BoJack’s not a messed up individual largely thanks to her and Butterscotch’s shitty parenting and he was already ruined from the start.
I think it’s the one piece of empathy she offers for Bojack. Like, I agree she is definitely telling Bojack he is trash. But she’s also saying, “I know how you feel. We always knew you’d be wealthy and talented, but there was no chance you’d ever be happy. Believe me, I know.”
I agree that it is also definitely a cop-out, because she implies that he was born broken, omitting accountability for she and Butterscotch’s cold, demeaning, callous (there are definitely more adjectives for them) parenting.
I think it’s one of the moments where it really shows what BoJack Said at the eulogy. They were all drowning and had an understanding for that, but they didn’t know how to help each other
The eulogy episode really drove me nuts… I felt like it provided nothing. But with that one I wonder if I kinda already inferred a lot about that family, and I didn’t need that eulogy to fill out the storyline? Beatrice’s flashback episodes gave me so much. Her eulogy was just Bojack trying to get attention and asking HER questions. I’m just not a fan of that fake-chipper sarcastic cynicism. It’s overdone. But also… very Bojack. The whole entire show is very well thought out and very not cheesy, because when it’s cheesy, it’s supposed to be.
That pretty much bullshit, though. That’s Beatrice simply telling her son, yet again, the he is intrinsically trash, and her “I’m sorry” is not a a real apology as much as a “Fuck you. Sucks to be you.” Not a single flashback to BoJack’s childhood supports that “he was born broken,” and he was just shown as a normal child, just like Beatrice herself was portrayed as a normal child in her own flashbacks. She’s just pretending BoJack’s not a messed up individual largely thanks to her and Butterscotch’s shitty parenting and he was already ruined from the start.
I think it’s the one piece of empathy she offers for Bojack. Like, I agree she is definitely telling Bojack he is trash. But she’s also saying, “I know how you feel. We always knew you’d be wealthy and talented, but there was no chance you’d ever be happy. Believe me, I know.”
I agree that it is also definitely a cop-out, because she implies that he was born broken, omitting accountability for she and Butterscotch’s cold, demeaning, callous (there are definitely more adjectives for them) parenting.
I think it’s one of the moments where it really shows what BoJack Said at the eulogy. They were all drowning and had an understanding for that, but they didn’t know how to help each other
The eulogy episode really drove me nuts… I felt like it provided nothing. But with that one I wonder if I kinda already inferred a lot about that family, and I didn’t need that eulogy to fill out the storyline? Beatrice’s flashback episodes gave me so much. Her eulogy was just Bojack trying to get attention and asking HER questions. I’m just not a fan of that fake-chipper sarcastic cynicism. It’s overdone. But also… very Bojack. The whole entire show is very well thought out and very not cheesy, because when it’s cheesy, it’s supposed to be.