"You know, sometimes I feel like I was born with a leak, and any goodness I started with just slowly spilled out of me, and now it's all gone. And I'll never get it back in me. It's too late. Life is a series of closing doors, isn't it?"
-Bojack Horseman
You know what blows my mind?
Let me just paint this picture for you.
A show about a middle-aged horse who was the star of an obscure 90's sitcom, (voiced by Will Arnett,) has related to me, along with millions of views, on a spiritual level. A cartoon. About an alcoholic horse. Relates. To me. To others. Probably even to you.
An animated series submerged into reality. But how is it possible?
We're left with these incredibly relatable moments to ponder over.
What are you most tired of?
Apathy: a friend, an enemy, and never a stranger.
The news actually doesn't use facts, right?
"I never saw the red flags."
I don't have any motivation. You know why?
Who even eats the honeydew in fruit salad?
COLLEGE, THOUGH.
Eating FAR more than what is necessary is all too common.
Someone else's self-confidence can be a source of envy, you know?
Even adults can get distracted easily!
"Why is volun-tourism so bad?"
Sometimes, life is just filled with wishing we did something.
"You're responsible for your own happiness."
For a cartoon about an anthropomorphic, washed-up shell of a horse, this Netflix original is unbelievably human in the best and worst of ways. It tells us what we laugh at: a reflection. And at the same time, it tells us what we never wanted to think of.
