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Too Cute To Handle
This show made me hungry. It made me hungry for food but it also made me hungry for passion. What this show does best is warm fuzzy feelings, good vibes, and cuteness. And it does those things soooo well! Plus it engages in its feminist and queer themes seriously in a way I loved. This show is almost as much about sexism as it is about food. All that was grand.
But because both characters are newly out as lesbians and in their first relationship, there's an adolescent awkwardness to their romance. One or maybe both of them are ace and one is just generally emotionally stoic (or even repressed). The net result is that I was screaming for them to just kiss already, or at least hug or hold hands! It eventually happens and everything about it is a very deliberate choice by the makers that I respect but personally it leaves me a little wanting.
That said I still binged both seasons in one day and can easily see myself rewatching this. The cuteness levels are off the scale and the lack of usual intense dramatic tropes like third act break-ups makes this a welcome breezey watch.
But because both characters are newly out as lesbians and in their first relationship, there's an adolescent awkwardness to their romance. One or maybe both of them are ace and one is just generally emotionally stoic (or even repressed). The net result is that I was screaming for them to just kiss already, or at least hug or hold hands! It eventually happens and everything about it is a very deliberate choice by the makers that I respect but personally it leaves me a little wanting.
That said I still binged both seasons in one day and can easily see myself rewatching this. The cuteness levels are off the scale and the lack of usual intense dramatic tropes like third act break-ups makes this a welcome breezey watch.
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