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.
> 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.
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.