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February 28, 2020 05:32 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/28/21157749/i-am-not-okay-with-this-review-netflix-sophia-lillis-syd-comedy-super-powers
In I Am Not Okay With This, being a teen girl does not get easier with superpowers
Image: Netflix
I Am Not Okay With This begins with Sydney Novak, covered in blood, running down the middle of the street at night. There are probably other ways she’d rather be spending her time. That would seem to make sense with the series’s narrative: her life is pretty normal — up until the part where you find out she has superpowers that allow her to blow things up with her mind.
Netflix’s new comedy is a work of low-key dread that recalls a lot of other stories about young women coming of age. It has Carrie’s supernatural angst, Juno’s oddball quirk, and the smart-twee edge of Scott Pilgrim. Syd is a gross weirdo — she’s equally fascinated and frustrated by her leg acne, pretty fine with being ostracized by her classmates, and perplexed by the...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/28/21157749/i-am-not-okay-with-this-review-netflix-sophia-lillis-syd-comedy-super-powers
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