This series embodies much of what is wrong with contemporary culture in general, and more specifically, that which is the rot at the ever-shrinking heart of modern entertainment; vapid people leading insipid, empty lives while engaging in banal, repetitive, self-centred nonsense that nonetheless looks nice in photos...
..that is, if you're not entirely underwhelmed due to the influx of overly-stylised homogeneous imagery you've likely been bombarded with online for the past decade.
Each episode consists of 20 minutes of mini-montages composed mainly of close-up shots of cool, active, "mindful" and trendy young people engaging in Fun Stuff before joyfully prepping vividly-hued organic dewy vegetables, grinding fair-trade (there is no such thing, people-It's called marketing!) coffee beans while pallets of of organic fare sizzle on high-end ranges in the usual earthy, aesthetically appealing environs inhabited by the lucky .0001% of us. The music that accompanies these scenes is loud pop-rock, all phoney sunshine and uninspired force-fed "YOLO!"
This is a bloated TikTok video, a supermarket or Amazon ad, sans the mixed-race/gay couples, afro'ed or rainbow-haired/tattooed/bull-ring-nosed youngsters, although one or the other possibly showed up beyond the mark where it exasperated my patience. Produced for a demographic possessed of an attention span of less than two minutes, there will invariably be those who will find such empty calories a welcome escape from their worldly woes--but isn't this ubiquitous in so many offerings on every streaming platform?
I want, and expect, more meat on the bone, a story I can chew on, even for a short while; the little entertainment value isn't even funny enough to be considered a comedy, nor is it compelling enough for a drama. The characters communicate as if their only impetus for intelligible dialogue were to create meme-worthy bits of cleverness, and the flimsy premise of "sustainable catering" (I can barely withstand yawning) coupled with the side-splittingly hilarious subplot "My BFF Is Doing It With My Mother (While Trying To Hide It From Me! Tee-hee!)" would be gross if it weren't so stupid. The aforementioned mother, portrayed by a Danish actress who will be familiar to fans of Netflix's Rita, is far too old to be considered even nominally sexy; she's harsh and entirely devoid of warmth in every regard no matter the role. The attempt to make her appear hip ring so hollow it's unintentionally funny, and I will never understand her apparent appeal to audiences. The young males are annoying at best, mostly forgettable. Skip it for rewatches of the first season of Rita or Bonus Family.
