Every single woman is problematic

Well, I haven’t finished this one, but I know the story from watching others. The actors for this version are really good looking, it helps lure people into this otherwise dumpster fire. The most problematic figure is of course the FL. She’s just a weak character, but even so, was the actress good because she committed to rendering this clown without a shred of dignity? Or, is she a bad actress whose bad acting suited the childish mentality of the character? It is very difficult to say. The ML holds his end up, coming across as very stoic, but that isn’t hard to do when the other actors are on 111 every minute they are on screen. The whole thing reads like hot garbage. The director should have made some effort to balance the actor’s portrayals.
The most telling comment of the series is when the little brother calls FL stupid, then points at her friends and says with disgust “flock of the same.” All the females characters in the entire series seem to be the same clown in different makeup. Even the mother of the ML is petty and childish. It really is hard to forgive the overwhelmingly negative image of women in this story. The friends can barely be called that. They are mostly damaging —unapologetically loud, crass and never miss an opportunity to heap embarrassment onto the FL. It’s gross. It would be unexpected for the FL to learn or mature in this set up. From whom would she learn?

This is meant to be situational comedy. I’m not sure what would make this funny or give the characters more dimension. It’s just foolish. If you are still in your teens, maybe there is something worthwhile here to watch. These people have a mental age of roughly 13.

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