We were pretty skeptical about Everything Sucks!, a Netflix high school comedy set in the 1990s, which seemed to promise nostalgia, nostalgia and more nostalgia. The opening minutes of the premiere seemed to confirm those fears, as obvious ’90s references seemed to pile up one after another. But then the show kept going, and we found ourselves pulled into the story of Luke O’Neil… Read More
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‘Everything Sucks!’ brilliantly tackles topics that ’90s shows never could
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Everything Sucks! starts like a dozen other series about ’90s teens coming of age in high school, rattling off trope after trope, but quickly reveals itself as something much more daring — more daring than any show could’ve gotten away with being in the ’90s.
Everything Sucks! is a new sort-of comedy, sort-of drama series on Netflix about a group of 1996 teens figuring out who they are and who they love at Boring High School in Boring, Oregon (a real town). And yes, everything does in fact suck most of the time, but peppered throughout the series are glimmers of hope and moments of growth that make the show so satisfying to keep watching. Read more…
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Netflix’s ‘Everything Sucks!’ trailer is all about that sweet, ’90s high school nostalgia
Fresh off the massive, inter-dimensional success of Stranger Things, Netflix are queuing up yet another foray into sweet high school nostalgia.
This one’s a comedy, though, and it takes place in 1996.
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