YMMV / Bojack Horseman S 1 E 02 Bojack Hates The Troops

• Crosses the Line Twice: As this was before we really dove into the depths of his trauma, Bojack's flashbacks to his Hilariously Abusive Childhood are genuinely funny here. Butterscotch bitch-slapping his son and the Wacky Sound Effect which accompanies it feels like something out of Ren & Stimpy.
• Don't Shoot the Message: While members of the Armed Forces feeling entitled to special treatment from everyone else is a valid concern, it doesn't quite work as the main takeaway of this episode. The actual conflict is related to the newsmedia exploiting Bojack and Neal McBeal's pettiness and egos for the sake of an extremely time-wasting news story, and the "don't support all troops" secondary message is more a means of establishing the show's perspsctive early on- politically incorrect by conservative standards, progressive and "necessary" by more leftist ones- than a message relevant to Bojack and Hollywoo themselves. If the setting was more general than a showbiz satire, or if it easier allowed for the setting to shift to the Middle East, then it could thoughtfully analyze the role of the military in the world and assess who in the military truly is deserving and undeserving of respect.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Bojack yells at Pam (the blonde girl whom he takes home) that she needs to accept that her actions have consequences and that not realizing she's a horrible person doesn't excuse her from being a horrible person. By the end of the season, you realize he's not talking about her, he's talking about himself.

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