Bojack Horseman

In the last few years Netflix has become an original programming heavy. With shows like House of Cards, Daredevil, and Orange is the New Black, it has been present at awards shows in recent years, a first for an online programmer. I would like to talk about one of these that to me, seems often over looked: Bojack Horseman. Bojack Horseman is the story of a washed-up 1980s-1990s sitcom actor who grapples with his own narcissism and how it affects his relationships with those who love him.

This show is one of the best Hollywood satires currently, or in recent time for that matter. Bojack is a meditation on celebrity culture and the way we treat those on TV, as though they were above and below us simultaneously. Bojack lands on some other issues: the cheapening of the word hero, the supremacy of the all mighty TV, etc. But the best material comes from the meditation of celebrity worship and those who use their own narcissism to make themselves suffer.

Would Bojack stand as a film? Possibly. The film would explore Hollywood in a way other showbiz satires couldn't. It would look on the inside without having any star-cameos to look out for except for caricatures done by the artists. Hollywood satires have fallen flat as of late, the worst being Entourage, or as I like to call it Where's Waldo? Celebrity Edition. No real substance is given nor any condemnation, Bojack has teeth that could bite a hole in somebody if given the chance.