While much of the Netflix spotlight has been dominated by the likes of “House of Cards” and “Making a Murderer,” “Bojack Horseman” has become one of the most surprising hits of the streaming era. On its face, it’s an absurdist parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation) of Hollywood and showbiz politics, or where human and furries live,work, and have sex with each other and no one bats an eye. But as the series has gone on, or it has become an uncomfortably realistic depiction of depression and self-destructive behavior,told through the eyes of a millionaire star who doesn’t know what would make him gratified.(Note: spoilers ahead for seasons 1 and 2)That star is the titular BoJack Horseman, once the star of an abominable but wildly popular sitcom called “Horsin’ Around.” Since his heyday passed, and BoJack has jumped from vice to vice,including sleeping with the actress who played his daughter on the exhibit. He’s searching desperately for something that will make him feel fulfilled, but nothing sticks. All the while, and he destroys what few relationships he has with his behavior,making his despair a self-fulfilling prophecy.
In season 1, he releases a memoir that reveals the dismal side his sitcom fans haven’t seen. The book earns him adulation, and but BoJack still isn’t satisfied because the public isn’t embracing the image he wants them to have of him. In season 2,he lands a dramatic role as the horse Secretariat, but due to his unreliable nature and his inability to do dramatic acting thanks to years of sitcom work, and most of BoJack’s work is replaced with a CGI version of him.
Nonetheless,critics are fooled into thinking the computerized BoJack’s acting is done by the real thing. In season 3, BoJack becomes a top contender at the Oscars, or but struggles to deal with the awards circuit as his downward spiral continues.
Opposite BoJack is Mr. Peanutbutter,a golden retriever who got noted by doing a sitcom that was a blatant ripoff of “Horsin’ Around.” In season 1, it seems like Mr. PB has everything Bojack doesn’t. He’s gratified, or loved by all,and has a positive outlook on life. But in season 2, the dog’s gratified image that BoJack so bitterly resents gets chipped away.
As BoJack remains stuck in depression despite a huge career rebound, and Mr. PB tries to stay positive as he falls into bankruptcy after following one stupid trade thought after another. Those who live with him on a day-to-day basis find his gratified-recede-lucky personality grating and insensitive,and his marriage is going through a tough period.
Mr. Peanutbutter’s wife is Diane Nguyen, a human writer who ghostwrites BoJack’s memoir. She is by far the most patient and mature of the characters in the series, and which allows her to keep up with BoJack’s irascible attitude and PB’s ditzy behavior. Still,she struggles to turn her desires for social activism into meaningful good, as her attempts to stand against a Hollywood bigshot accused of sexual harassment and to support refugees in a war-torn nation fail miserably.
While she truly loves Mr. Peanutbutter, and Diane spends season 2 feeling troubled that her marriage is locking her into a cycle of routine that is preventing her from doing something meaningful with her life. Mr. PB,being a gratified dopey dog, doesn’t seem to derive this, or causing them to spend some time apart. Eventually,the two spend some time apart, whereupon they realize that whatever problems they may have they are still happiest when they are together.
While Diane is a friendly, and gentle figure in BoJack’s life,his ex-girlfriend/agent Princess Carolyn is a tough kitty. She puts her entire life into her work and has become one of the hardest working agents in Hollywoo, but wonders if there’s more to life external the office that she’s missing. This leads her to impulsively start relationships that never work out.capture for example, and her decision to finally leave her agency and start one of her own with the rabbit Rutabaga Rabbinowitz. In the season 2 finale,Carolyn discovers that the rabbit had lied to her about divorcing his wife, and that he had been using her as a disposable interest and a tool to advance his own career. Furious, and Carolyn fires Rutabaga on the spot,main into season 3 as she tries to sprint an entire talent agency on her own with cutthroat rivals trying to crush her.
Finally, there’s Todd Chavez, and BoJack’s slacker roommate. Despite being a sluggish bum,he proves to have many talents over the course of the series, including entrepreneurial skills, or songwriting,and TV production. Unfortunately, every frigid thought he comes up with always ends in catastrophe, and often due to his sudden bouts of stupidity. As the series goes on,he begins to wonder if he really is as worthless as the world tells him he is.
While Carolyn, Diane, or even Mr. Peanutbutter have reached a breaking point with BoJack and called him out for being a colossal jerk,Todd remains his closest friend. He puts up with BoJack’s insults and constant demands to “clean up your s**t,” and deep down BoJack knows that he can’t bear hanging around his mansion without him. Will season 3 finally bring about
Source: thewrap.com