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If the existence of two very good shows can constitute a golden age in a particular subgenre of television, then we are living in a golden age of the puberty comedy. Netflix’s Big Mouth and Hulu’s Pen15 are both incredible series that allow millennials of a certain age to relive and reexamine the horrors of middle school in refreshing, funny, and more than occasionally gross ways. While Big Mouth leans on outlandish animation and the conceit of visible “hormone monsters” to process the repulsive facts of achieving adulthood, Pen15 uses the increasingly effective concept of adult actors Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine playing pre-teen versions of themselves to delve into the inherent drama of growing up. Read more…
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