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I want to like Bojack and I know it has drama and heartfelt moments (watched all of season 1 I think), but in my opinion it's undone by its moments of "wacky" h

by the_af 3y ago

I want to like Bojack and I know it has drama and heartfelt moments (watched all of season 1 I think), but in my opinion it's undone by its moments of "wacky" humor. I don't even mean that there are humanoid animals and humans living together, no explanation -- I can embrace that. I mean the Simpsons/Family Guy kind of humor... I could do without it and I think it would make the show better. Or maybe it does get better after season 1? Since everyone seems to love it.

KerrAvon 3y ago
It’s very Los Angeles nihilist in tone. If that doesn’t make you happy, maybe skip it.
yosame 3y ago
Season 1 is definitely the weakest season, especially at the start. There's definitely still wacky humour in the rest of the show, but it loses the family guy cutaway gags. I'd personally recommend giving season 2 a shot, if you still don't like it then the shows probably not for you.
reducesuffering 3y ago
Season 1 is definitely weakest; very common in great TV series. Just start from season 2 right now and I'm pretty sure you'll love it. It will always have "wacky" moments with a character like Todd in it though.
karmakurtisaani 3y ago
I remember reading they had to make season 1 "wacky" to sell the show. What the show becomes later would have been ... hard to describe to studio executives.
chronofar 3y ago
I’m at the other end, I think the show suffered due to its insistence on querulous characters as a means to pathos, but was kept afloat by its wit and humor (much of it indeed “wacky”). That is of course very much a personal preference thing, but I couldn’t connect with much of the darker side of the show, even while I admired much of its execution. As others have said though, it definitely gets better as the seasons roll on, along both the humor and drama fronts. The final season has many of the funniest and most poignant moments of the show.
jncfhnb 3y ago
A tear shed for Simpsons being called wacky humor. I think bojack hit its stride over time, but I always liked the juxtaposition of dark reality with cartoon silliness. On some level I think it reflects a theme of everyone else’s life seeking to be so simple and stupid and trivial compared to your own. Of course even Todd’s problems are shown to be pretty real even if they’re also cartoonishly comical.
- the_af 3y ago
  > A tear shed for Simpsons being called wacky humor You know what I meant, hopefully? I predate the Simpsons, and I remember when they and their brand of humor first appeared. I also remember how annoyed I felt towards Family Guy (a cartoon I never liked, unlike the Simpsons) because it felt like a cheap copy. And yes, over the years the Simpsons turned wackier and wackier while retaining nothing of what made them good at first. I don't claim Bojack and the Simpsons have the same kind of humor, it was a shortcut to hopefully explain what I found jarring about the former? Given the rest of the comments, I'll try giving Bojack season 2 a chance.

by the_af 3y ago

KerrAvon 3y ago

It’s very Los Angeles nihilist in tone. If that doesn’t make you happy, maybe skip it.

yosame 3y ago

Season 1 is definitely the weakest season, especially at the start. There's definitely still wacky humour in the rest of the show, but it loses the family guy cutaway gags. I'd personally recommend giving season 2 a shot, if you still don't like it then the shows probably not for you.

reducesuffering 3y ago

Season 1 is definitely weakest; very common in great TV series. Just start from season 2 right now and I'm pretty sure you'll love it. It will always have "wacky" moments with a character like Todd in it though.

karmakurtisaani 3y ago

I remember reading they had to make season 1 "wacky" to sell the show. What the show becomes later would have been ... hard to describe to studio executives.

chronofar 3y ago

I’m at the other end, I think the show suffered due to its insistence on querulous characters as a means to pathos, but was kept afloat by its wit and humor (much of it indeed “wacky”). That is of course very much a personal preference thing, but I couldn’t connect with much of the darker side of the show, even while I admired much of its execution. As others have said though, it definitely gets better as the seasons roll on, along both the humor and drama fronts. The final season has many of the funniest and most poignant moments of the show.

jncfhnb 3y ago

A tear shed for Simpsons being called wacky humor. I think bojack hit its stride over time, but I always liked the juxtaposition of dark reality with cartoon silliness. On some level I think it reflects a theme of everyone else’s life seeking to be so simple and stupid and trivial compared to your own. Of course even Todd’s problems are shown to be pretty real even if they’re also cartoonishly comical.

the_af 3y ago
> A tear shed for Simpsons being called wacky humor You know what I meant, hopefully? I predate the Simpsons, and I remember when they and their brand of humor first appeared. I also remember how annoyed I felt towards Family Guy (a cartoon I never liked, unlike the Simpsons) because it felt like a cheap copy. And yes, over the years the Simpsons turned wackier and wackier while retaining nothing of what made them good at first. I don't claim Bojack and the Simpsons have the same kind of humor, it was a shortcut to hopefully explain what I found jarring about the former? Given the rest of the comments, I'll try giving Bojack season 2 a chance.