How did you feel about the episode “Brrap Brrap Pew Pew,” and did it change your opinion on Diane and/or Mr. Peanutbutter’s character?
How did you feel about the episode “Brrap Brrap Pew Pew,” and did it change your opinion on Diane and/or Mr. Peanutbutter’s character?
Im not Pro-Life but the way Abortion was handled in the show felt kinda wrong. The mature way the show handled the topic was fine but the crass humor surrounding it diluted the credibility somewhat for me. You can do either the one or the other, doing both makes it seem tasteless and is self-defeating in the purpose of portraying abortion in a realistic light.
I feel like that’s part of the show’s appeal and dichotomy. Like, Sarah Lynn’s drug use. Obviously drug addiction is a very real issue, but also having her snort drywall doesn’t negate that fact. Or Bojack’s abusive father asking him if he’s go around the horn or take the panama canal like a democrat. The way their struggles are portrayed doesn’t make them (or Sarah’s death) less than just because there are jokes interspersed throughout.
It’s just gallows humor. At the end of the day, Bojack Horseman is a comedy show that doubles as a character study and happens to touch on heavy topics sometimes.
I mean they address this in the show where Diane is pissy about the song and how it makes light of the trauma that is abortion (even when vehemently pro choice or anti kids). She believes it’s unethical and that it trivialises the conversation when Sextina Aquafina actually has the opportunity to be a “real voice” and advocate on the matter with the spotlight.
And then she meets that girl also getting an abortion who is like “you don’t actually think she wants to shoot her fetus with a gun, right?” And “it makes me feel not so alone that someone can be so open about it”.
You can 100% be both. Because joking about things normalises things and allows people to relate to something. It’s why jokes that take the brunt of negative circumstances are just as bad as outright bigotry because it’s that easy to normalise a behaviour or a perception. Sometimes joking can work for the positive in the same way.