Recently, I watched a new Netflix original animated comedy called Big Mouth. It came out last year and only has released one season. This show spares no gross detail as it follows tween characters in middle school as they go through puberty and deal with the many other issues that come with adolescence. Best friends Nick and Andrew navigate through their relationship after going through recent changes, or lack thereof in Nick’s case, and face challenges that include masturbation, sexuality, girls, urges, and hormone monsters. It also presents Nick and Andrew’s female counterparts, Missy and Jessi, and shows their feelings and struggles as they go through similar changes. The gross humor and overall ridiculous attitude of the show makes Big Mouth unique because it is incredibly genuine and sheds light on issues most everyone experienced.
Big Mouth has received a lot of backlash for the types of topics that are depicted in the show and the fact that most all of the main characters are technically children. Children being sexually active in a television show has sparked a lot of controversy. The show is extremely vulgar and crude at times, but in my opinion, it perfectly portrays the reality of puberty. There is no other show in pop culture that is so relatable, transparent, and really tackles this awkward stage of life as well as Big Mouth seems to do. Its brutally honest presentation of puberty through dark humour is what makes this show so effective. Because the characters are animated, this show is not inappropriate and it allows them to push the boundaries of the taboo of sex in today’s society. There are also informative lessons that Big Mouth teaches. They provide insight to how both genders change through puberty along with other important issues such as consent and sexuality. I think that teenagers going through puberty should watch this show and then actively discuss what they learned and asking further questions, therefore triggering healthy conversations about sex. Overall, this is one of the best sex-positive shows of this decade because it addresses the parts of life that no one wants to talk about, and discusses the embarrassing details of puberty that almost anyone could relate to.
I think you should take the time to watch this show because the episodes are only around 20 minutes and if you’re anything like me, you would most likely enjoy this kind of humor. I actually binge-watched this show with my current friends, and we all appreciated the show’s honesty as well as our love for dark humor. It also prompted all of us to share our cringeworthy stories from puberty, which was hilarious to say the least. It was also strange to see how different our backgrounds are, but when it comes to our awkward ages, we all had pretty similar stories. I’m sure that once we become friends, we will share with each other all of those super cringey stories and laugh at our naivety and innocence.
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