In October 2020, when TV shows began to find creative ways to launch new episodes during a pandemic, The AV Club wrote about which ones could be successful in the animated format. Ploma15 he made the cut. The Hulu comedy created by Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle and the series director Sam Zvibleman is the epitome of cringe humor presented with heart. Ploma15 brings teen drama to the forefront through best friends Maya Ishii-Peters (Erskine) and Anna Kone (Konkle), who want to get to high school without being christened the awkward ones. The second season was cut due to delays in filming, ending its first part with only seven episodes. The eighth, titled “Jacuzzi,” is an animation special he picks up with Anna and Maya on a road trip to Florida with Anna’s father, Curtis. The self-employed carry the essence of Ploma15The nuanced and forceful representation of real problems of adolescence.
Ploma15 uses the opportunities offered by the animation to delve into the insecurities of Anna and Maya without missing anything. The format allows them to delve deeper into their thoughts and fears about how they look, using visuals to play with creating a rounder face for Maya or a long, pointed nose for Anna. In live action, the team would have needed intense makeup or prostheses to achieve similar results. With animation, Ploma15 he lets his ideas fly as wildly as Maya and Anna try to be while on vacation. At first, they are excited to be at The Sunshine State. They want to touch the pool, use their video camera to record all the sights and hang out on the beach. Curtis even gives them money to spend during the trip as they would like, but not on “water and expensive things.” Well, they decide to buy a portrait of themselves for $ 46.25 from a cartoonist sitting on the dock. The final drawn versions of the artist on paper send Maya and Anna to a doubt about themselves.
Written by Konkle, “Jacuzzi” slows Florida’s excitement as girls struggle with how they think the world perceives them, turning them into simple adjectives like fat or unattractive. Suddenly, they are nervous about getting into the pool or even leaving the room. At breakfast, Anna skips it completely while Maya barely touches the plate of a sliced melon and literally a strawberry. In such subtle ways, the episode exemplifies how impressionable minds navigate from the earliest ages of social pressures. Ploma15 is a comedy but does not hesitate to represent the most distressing moments of adolescence, such as Netflix Big mouth it does so every passing season. Every time Maya and Anna look in the mirror now, they don’t see their real faces, they see the cartoonist’s versions of them.
Their journey begins to look up when they finally meet two boys while they are in the hotel jacuzzi. Ralph and Freddy are really nice to them and call them friendly, which encourages them considerably. How can you confirm that you are starting to enjoy your vacation? They go up to the room where they think the boys are staying and run to the hallway shouting things like “Maya loves you” and “Anna and I want to have your babies.” Ploma15The strength lies in these silly and crime-worthy tricks, and the power of this ridiculous humor comes to the animation because Konkle and Erskine know very well the idiosyncrasies of their characters. Actors and writers often come from their real experiences when they were teenagers and the sincerity of their performance is alive even though we don’t see them in the flesh and only hear their voice acting.
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Maya and Anna go to an empty club the boys mentioned, In Da Club, hoping to meet them. Instead, they become friends with three other customers: Ben, Jenny, and Venice. By defending themselves when Ben refers to them as ugly, Maya and Anna gain their admiration and even find inner confidence. They finally have a great time on their vacation. In fact, it’s too good, because Anna is totally hammered. Once back in his room, his bewildered self admits his insecurities in an emotionally heavy scene. “God made me feel like I was in the crack,” Anna cries, while Maya responds angrily, “My face is literally as round as a moon.” It seems that unwanted alcohol helped them release all the tension, even if that means being landed by Curtis when he discovers his actions.
The episode ends with the girls realizing that Ralph and Freddy couldn’t meet them before because they were on the ground. It’s a twist that, in fact, led them to wilder adventures, possible even longer than they lived through. “Vendy Wiccany“Jacuzzi” is a solid mid-season outing:Ploma15 season 2B has not yet aired, because it recalls the incisive excitement of the show. The animation is new, so it is not top notch unlike other adult television entertainment programs. It has a bright tone and without too much fanfare, but conveys the messaging abruptly without losing Ploma15the discomfort and joy of the trademark.
Lost observations
- Maya and Anna pay extra for everything at this Florida convenience store, being ripped off immediately after Curtis tells them not to. He spends $ 5.63 on Canada Dry and $ 6.22 on Cherry Coke.
- It’s a brief moment, but Maya shouted “Do you want me to take the picture of you” twice to the group of friends who are at the club, but while they are away, just to feel included? Relable to all. In your case, it works well.
- I guess the animation helps them get ahead, but can you imagine being totally drunk and walking down some street in some Florida city and not being interrupted even once?
- The final joke with Anna and Maya reuniting with Ralph and Freddy and immediately losing the screen names is too perfect.
- I’m sure I hope so Ploma15 find a way to perform live with Anna and Maya on a suitable holiday in the future.