Boo, Bitch
By Joyce Slaton,
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Zesty ghost story is irreverent, has cursing and drinking.
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Based on 6 parent reviews
Cute series - ok for 12+
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Great show! Kids LOVED it
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What's the Story?
All BOO, BITCH's BFFs Erika (Lana Condor) and Gia (Zoe Margaret Colletti) wanted to do was liven up the end of their senior year, maybe leave some kind of mark. But things go wrong on their very first epic night, and now Erika is a ghost. But before she leaves this mortal coil, she has some unfinished business to take care of at her high school, most importantly putting cruel rival Riley (Aparna Brielle) in her place, and getting with foxy Jake C. (Mason Versaw). It's all coming together for Erika, right in time for her funeral.
Is It Any Good?
Lana Condor and Zoe Margaret Colletti are a double delight in this frothy, smart series with a pleasantly lighthearted spin on the afterlife. Of course, supernatural powers that complicate teenhood are a grand old tradition in young adult narratives, particularly in film and television, where teenage witches and monsters abound, and gaining strange abilities is often a metaphor for a glow-up, as it is here. But the potent chemistry between BFFs Erika and Gia imbues the premise with fizzy life, and the pair are so lovable it's hard not to warm to them. In a great early sequence, the friends vow to leave behind their boring old selves and say yes to everything, and in short order say yes to dancing, taking shots, getting tattoos, jumping into a pool in their underwear, playing beer pong, and dancing on a table, enjoying it all with infectious heartiness.
Most of the series is in a similar vein, parsing a fine line between campiness and cliché and generally ending up on the right side thanks to sharp writing and good performances. As the season goes on, Erika falls into some Mean Girls-esque traps that mar the fun a little, and as viewers know from the start that Erika must eventually pass on (there's a body in the woods rotting under a dead moose, for one thing), we also know to expect some more serious scenes. But all in all, Boo, Bitch is lots of fun, with the cutest best friends this side of Booksmart, and that is saying something.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how Boo, Bitch depicts teen drinking, smoking, and drug use. Are they glamorized? Do the characters need to do these things to look cool? What are the consequences?
How is sex depicted? Do you think the graphic sex talk is meant to be realistic or shocking? What's the difference? What values are imparted?
Families can talk about how the supernatural has traditionally been portrayed on television and in movies. Think about how otherworldly beings figure in some of the things you've watched. Are the creatures depicted as heroic? Monstrous? Why does it vary, and what does this say about what the supernatural represents to us?
TV Details
- Premiere date: July 8, 2022
- Cast: Lana Condor , Zoe Margaret Colletti , Mason Versaw
- Network: Netflix
- Genre: Comedy
- TV rating: TV-14
- Last updated: February 17, 2023
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