Finding the show relatable doesn’t mean you’re bad, they’re caricatures and a part of the pleasure is that they’re both relatable as well as much worse than you’ll probably ever be.
I came to say this. It is ok to identify with BoJack while you are consuming the fiction. It is very common in literature / film. The narrator could be a serial killer, a liar, whatever. But at that moment, you are seeing their perspective and accept the justifications. That is part of the allure: you get to live the lives of flawed characters.
Finding the show relatable doesn’t mean you’re bad, they’re caricatures and a part of the pleasure is that they’re both relatable as well as much worse than you’ll probably ever be.
I came to say this. It is ok to identify with BoJack while you are consuming the fiction. It is very common in literature / film. The narrator could be a serial killer, a liar, whatever. But at that moment, you are seeing their perspective and accept the justifications. That is part of the allure: you get to live the lives of flawed characters.
What is this? A cross over episode with my therapist?
Super tame take.
I am comfortable saying that textual analysis and media literacy are not anything close to widespread skills.
It is a tame take, yes, but the OP is about being pilloried by public opinion, not what is objectively true.
It’s literally the most upvoted comment in the thread. No one finds that controversial.
Does that mean it isn’t controversial or does that mean the community finds it a good answer to the prompt?