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Reviews
Bob's Burgers: Itty Bitty Ditty Committee (2015)
Women not shaving their armpits???? Inconceivable!
I don't shave my body by choice, and I found it so annoying that the whole B plot was "Linda's armpits are hairy hahahahaha." Why is it that the idea of a woman not shaving for any reason is so unthinkable to the point of it being a punchline? I know plenty of women who don't shave my choice, and I don't think anyone would appreciate being the butt of a joke for that. The A plot was kinda weak as well (I consider it the A plot since the title refers to it). I think I just don't like Aziz Ansari's character in the show. He has funny lines sometimes, but I really don't like listening to him try to sing, even though I know that is also a joke. I love this show, but this one is a stinker, and not because of Linda's pits.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Minus one star for Emma Watson's American accent.
An excellent adaptation of one of my favorite YA novels. The material was treated with sensitivity, and the casting was spot on (yes, despite the shortcomings of Emma's American accent. That's partly on her, partly on the dialect coach.) It could have been even ten minutes longer to include more of the source material as I feel like we missed a lot of Charlie's home life and how that impacted his mental health. Overall, it was a sensitive, realistic film that lives up to, and occasionally exceeds, the expectations I had for it.