BoJack Horseman: Taking “No” as an Answer

And the world’s overrated expectations.

Watching BoJack Horseman after a long attachment to New Girl, is like taking a dip of a cold water after a comforting warmth of Jacuzzi.

Hollywood likes to make a feel good movies, any sitcom has been like that. At the end of every episode, we would either see the main character got what they want or at least have their friends comforting them when they don’t.

So when you see an episode that ends with “No”, it sure strikes you different. But also… Familiar.

I don’t know since when do we get the impression that life’s are supposed to give you what you want and that you’re supposed to be happy at the end of the day.

Your old best friend doesn’t always forgive you. Your client doesn’t always wanna take you back no matter how hard you’ve beg. Your roommate that you’ve taken for granted finally left and you ran out of chances. You don’t always get the girl of your dreams. Your long lost sister found out about your dark past and decided to cut ties.

Sometimes shit happens and we live in an anti-climatic, anti-dramatic life. Things doesn’t always have to turn around in the end. You could go to sleep… Feeling as shitty as you wake up. Even to wish that you don’t have to wake up anymore.

But that’s life, when you do wake up again, you have another chance. Will it change, will it work out, will it don’t, nobody can know. Or maybe we shouldn’t put any pressure on it.

BoJack helps me to pinch myself. We have no idea how the other person’s feel no matter how we claim to know them. We don’t know the reason behind their daily decisions. Who are we to assume that they would say “Yes”?

When we stumble upon that stuffs on any occasion, there’s no other way to just accept it. Nothing is bad after all, right? And it wouldn’t be long until you stop expecting things from people.

Ah, that’s the real secret to life.

written by Purilaw

published on Cinema Psyche