Overcompensating is a show currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
The main character, Benny, is a closeted guy in his first year of college.
Benny goes to great lengths to conceal his sexual orientation.
Confession: I haven't finished the season. I have two more episodes.
But I wanted to blog about it, especially after the blog post about Sally Ride.
Isn't it so sad that in 2025 we have to have a show about a young person in the closet?
Benny goes through so much torment, as he navigates attempting to join a fraternity, crushing on a classmate, dealing with his older sister and her boyfriend being at the same school, and developing a close friendship with a gal pal that he tries to date. He also struggles with family expectations and his identity as a high school jock.
I'm not sure that I can recommend Overcompensating.
Part of the problem is that I'm a middle-aged woman watching a raunchy show about a group of young people that don't know how to communicate with each other.
I don't dislike it.
But definitely the target audience is younger.
It has a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, so people like it.
Maybe the appeal is that it is often over the top.
Also, the nostalgia factor - many of us remember how hard we used to try to fit in, before we realized how important it is to be ourselves.
There's nudity, a lot of sexual situations, and a lot of foul language in Overcompensating - but there's also real emotion and heart too.
It's an ensemble cast, and all of them are struggling and finding their way, not just Benny.
Maybe I like it better than I thought I did.
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