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How Big Mouth Gets LGBTQ+ Representation Right
For six seasons now, the adult cartoon, Big Mouth, has portrayed every intimate, disgusting, and scary detail about puberty from nocturnal emissions to yeast infections. The show is vulgar, crass, and downright nasty at times—but somehow, the raunchiest show on Netflix portrays the topics of gender and sexuality in one of the most nuanced and open minded ways possible.
This is not what I expected from a demonstrate starring a 6-foot tall hormone monster with the voice of Nick Kroll, but here we are! Here are five ways Big Mouth gets Gay representation right.
Jessi And Ali’s Relationship Is Relatable To Anyone Who’s Questioned Their Identity
Let’s start with the first episodes that caught my attention when it comes to the show’s open minded handling of sexual discovery: Season 5, Episodes 3 through 6.
You may likeAli, the new girl at school, is proudly out as pansexual. After she and Jessi start to become friends, a lovebug visits Jessi (meaning she’s in love). I’m about to scream, thinking my favorite traits is about to realize she’s gay—until the love bug says at t
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This article contains spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2 of Big Mouth. It is recommended that you watch before reading.
I have a conflicted relationship with animated shows intended strictly for adults as they often sound to lack substance beyond the realm of offensiveness for its own sake.
Big Mouth surprised me – despite focusing on the challenges of sexual discovery and puberty, its wit isn’t hinged on stale risqué humour.
It balances vulgarity with sincerity, sweetness with shock value, and social conscience with genuine entertainment, as opposed to presenting a hackneyed narrative that merely allows a fresh male audience to feel edgy.
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It also has a strong Jewish presence, an equal emphasis on female sexuality, and includes characters of diverse cultural backgrounds.
Nonetheless, the lack of queer representation in the first season was my main disappointment in an otherwise enjoyable show.
During season one, the only openly gay character, Matthew, doesn’t have much purpose beyond the stereotype of a sassy, scathing gay man.
The third episode of season one, ‘Am I Gay?’ also felt like a missed opportunity to me. Andrew, one of the prot
Season 3 of Big Mouth debuted on Netflix earlier this month. The famous series, which chronicles teenagers and their often confusing puberty years, showed some pretty interesting progress with its main characters this go-around (spoiler alerts ahead for anyone who hasn’t watched it yet).
Missy (Jenny Slate), finally found her voice and got her own hormone monster, Jay (Jason Mantzoukas) was proficient to figure out his sexuality after being confused over why he liked both guys and girls, Andrew (John Mulaney) hooked up with his cousin while still pining for Missy and Nick (Nick Kroll) continued being that frustrated teenager that many of us can relate to (hating his parents, etc). Oh and Coach Steve (also voiced by Nick Kroll) worked at a myriad of jobs and got a hilarious makeover from the Queer Eye guys.
One character that really blossomed was openly gay Matthew (Andrew Rannells). Matthew somewhat emerged as a main cast member after being a funny yet supporting player during the show’s first two seasons.
Matthew, for the most part, was kind of that bitchy sidekick who turned the morning announcements at university into his hold TMZ gabfest. He
Big Mouth's Matthew Is the Kind of Gay TV Character I Wish I'd Had as a Kid
I experienced my first authentic crush in seventh grade. His name was Chris, and he choked on a breadstick. He had blonde, swoopy hair and a big nose and he was my everything. Our friendship blossomed into something more, though neither of us knew exactly what that meant. A decade and a half later, it feels appreciate mine and Chris's journey would have been unlike if we were kids today. Neither of us knew that we were gay, nor had we ever considered the notion of coming out. My best example of queer people in my experience was Will & Grace, and I was explicitly told I wasn't supposed to watch that.
Years later, I feel enjoy I'm catching up on what I missed via Big Mouth.
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Andrew Rannells voices Matthew, the odd gay kid that attends Nick and Andrew's middle school on the animated Netflix series. In Season One, he was mostly comic relief. In Season Two, his character got a dash of a storyline, highlighting the social navigations of being homosexual. And then, in Season Three, he gets the full romantic treatment: digital dating and first kisses and awkward phone calls included. That's a big deal—not