Review of Big Mouth

Big Mouth (2017–2024)
6/10
Funny and original but progressively gets more political
22 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The first seasons I laughed a lot and started liking the characters. The story telling was pretty good, no obvious dumb plot holes, interesting character development. I wish I'd seen this kind of show when I was a teen!

However, later in the show it started to be more political (social justice stuff). And of course it was one sided, there was no real opposition to the propagated narratives. The transgender girl and the pansexual girl were the most cool characters while the white straight boys were the biggest morons around. In this regard, the most interesting development was Jay. First, as a straight guy he was portrayed as a dumb and horny animal. Then when he found out that he's a bisexual he somehow became much cooler and nicer (btw sexual orientation is not a character trait). Then there was also questionable stuff around black culture. Missy's cousins making Missy hate herself for not being black enough, that was ridiculous. How about people doing what they want and like instead of behaving according to certain category they supposedly belong to?
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