Everything Sucks!
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Everything Sucks! |
| Original title | Everything Sucks! |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| year | 2018 |
| Production company |
Midnight radio |
| length | 22-27 minutes |
| Episodes | 10 in 1 season |
| genre |
Dramedy coming-of-age |
| idea | Ben York Jones Michael Mohan |
| production | Josh Applebaum André Nemec Jeff Pinkner Scott Rosenberg Ben York Jones Michael Mohan |
| music | Hrishikesh Hirway |
| First broadcast | February 16, 2018 (US) on Netflix |
First publication in German |
February 16, 2018 on Netflix |
| occupation | |
Everything Sucks! ( English for “Everything is shitty!”) is an American television series that premiered on the video-on-demand provider Netflix . The idea for Everything Sucks! comes from the writers Ben York Jones and Michael Mohan, Jones also plays Mr. Stargrove, the head of the video group, in the series. The series parodies teenage sitcoms from the 1990s. The first season consists of ten episodes and was released on February 16, 2018. In early April 2018 it was announced that the series had been discontinued after a season.
The series mentions several things and people that were popular in the 1990s, such as showgirls , lava lamps , VCRs , Mallrats , The Jerky Boys, and the discussion whether the lyrics of Alanis Morissette's song Ironic contain any examples of irony . In addition, the soundtrack of the series consists of many songs from the 1990s, among others by artists such as Oasis , Des'ree , Nirvana , Radiohead and Blind Melon .
In addition to the actors' achievements, the series was praised above all for its realistic portrayal of a young person who questions their sexuality and begins to be interested in a classmate.
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The series takes place in 1996 . The setting is the fictional Boring High School in the town of the same name . The focus is on the members of the AV Club (Film-AG) and the Drama Club (Theater-AG). Many of these students are considered outsiders , which is why they do not have a great reputation in school. In addition to the academic life, the series also focuses on the characters' private lives, which often deal with the (love) relationships between the characters.
Luke O'Neil and his two friends McQuaid and Tyler Bowen are freshmen at Boring High School in Oregon . On their first day, they sign up for the AV Club. When the Drama Club cannot perform its planned play because the props were destroyed, Luke suggests that the two clubs make a film together that will be shown to the whole school.
At the AV Club, Luke meets Kate Messner, the school principal's daughter. He falls in love with her and the two become a couple. However, Kate is only in this relationship to counter rumors that she is homosexual . When she realizes she's actually attracted to girls , she breaks up with Luke and gets together with Emaline, a bisexual member of the drama club, in the final episode of the season . This was left by her friend Oliver, who secretly went to New York .
Another relationship develops between Sherry, Luke's mother, and Ken, Kate's father. Sherry, a flight attendant in, was abandoned by her husband when Luke was seven, and Ken's wife died of suicide when Kate was five. Sherry is summoned to Ken's office because Luke is detained after breaking school rules . During the conversation, Sherry and Ken discover some similarities and they begin to meet regularly, which they keep secret from their children for the time being.
The season ends with a cliffhanger : Luke and Kate are having dinner with their parents when Leroy, Luke's father, suddenly appears in the doorway.
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization was done at VSI Synchron in Berlin . Stefan Kaiser wrote the dialogue books together with Anett Ecklebe and directed the dialogue .
Main cast
| role | actor | Main role | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke O'Neil | Jahi Di'Allo Winston | 1.01–1.10 | Tim Kreuer |
| Kate Messner | Peyton Kennedy | 1.01–1.10 | Giovanna Winterfeldt |
| Ken Messner | Patch Darragh | 1.01–1.10 | Stefan Krause |
| Sherry O'Neil | Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako | 1.01–1.10 | Dorette Hugo |
| McQuaid | Rio Mangini | 1.01–1.10 | Marco Eßer |
| Tyler Bowen | Quinn darling | 1.01–1.10 | Christian Pointer |
| Emaline Addario | Sydney Sweeney | 1.01–1.10 | Olivia Büschken |
| Oliver Schermerhorn | Elijah Stevenson | 1.01–1.10 | Henning Nöhren |
Supporting cast
| role | actor | Supporting role | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie | Abi Brittle | 1.01–1.10 | Josefin Hagen |
| Cedric Williams | Jalon Howard | 1.01–1.10 | Ricardo Richter |
| Scott Pocket | Connor Muhl | 1.01–1.10 | Sebastian Kluckert |
| Jessica Betts | Nicole McCullough | 1.01–1.10 | Maximiliane Häcke |
| Mr. Stargrove | Ben York Jones | 1.01, 1.02, 1.07-1.10 | Julius Jellinek |
| Leroy O'Neil | Zachary Ray Sherman | 1.02, 1.08, 1.10 | Tim Knauer |
| Miss Stock | Jen Taylor | 1.01, 1.04 | Antje von der Ahe |
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plutonium | plutonium | Michael Mohan | Ben York Jones & Michael Mohan |
| Luke O'Neil and his friends Tyler Bowen and McQuaid, who are in their first year at Boring High School, have a great passion for the medium of film, which is why they sign up for the AV Club . There Luke meets Kate Messner, the daughter of the school principal. He immediately takes a liking to her, but Kate only has eyes for Emaline Addario, a member of the Drama Club, during the lunch break . When Kate is at Luke's home, as he is fixing her video camera, she finds an adult magazine in the garage that she takes home. In her room she wants to satisfy herself with the pictures , her father almost catches her. He thinks that she is dissatisfied with her appearance and has therefore looked at the photos. Meanwhile, Luke ponders the best way to convince Kate to go on a date. | ||||
| 2 | Maybe You're Gonna Be the One That Saves Me | Maybe You're Gonna Be the One That Saves Me | Michael Mohan | Ben York Jones & Michael Mohan |
| Someone wrote the word dyke on Kate's locker , which means something like "dyke". She is appalled that there are rumors at school that she is supposed to be gay . Emaline is responsible for this, who has claimed to have been touched on the chest by Kate in the gym locker room. Meanwhile, Luke is shooting a video for Kate in the style of the Wonderwall clip and asks her if she wants to go out with him, which she accepts. At home he finds old VHS tapes that his father Leroy recorded. He left the family when Luke was a child. Luke watches the recordings with Kate in which his father talks about his motives, which makes Luke sad. | ||||
| 3 | Everything and with an extra hot sauce | All that and a bag of chips | Michael Mohan | Noelle Valdivia |
| Luke and Kate are watching a Drama Club rehearsal when he tries to kiss her. Kate panics and sets off the fire alarm, activating the sprinkler system and destroying the props. Emaline “takes revenge” for why she and Luke, who took the blame for the false fire alarm, are sent to detention. Kate, McQuaid, Tyler and Luke then manage to at least ease the tension with the Drama Club a little. Meanwhile, Luke's mother Sherry is called to see Kate's father Ken in the office because of Luke's supposed rule violation. During their conversation, they discover that they have both lost their partners. Since they are sympathetic, they make an appointment. | ||||
| 4th | Romeo and Juliet in space | Romeo & Juliet in Space | Michael Mohan | Hayley Tyler |
| Luke, Tyler, McQuaid and Kate suggest that the Drama Club work with the AV Club to make a film instead of a play, to which, after some consideration, they finally agree. When they play spin the bottle together , Kate is Luke's "chosen one," so they walk into a closet and kiss. There Kate confesses to Luke that she thinks she is a lesbian, to which he is very surprised. In the meantime, Sherry and Ken have their date and do some infantile things that take them back to their youth, including throwing toilet paper at a house. | ||||
| 5 | What the hell is a zarginda? | What the Hell's a Zarginda? | Ry Russo-Young | Ben York Jones & Michael Mohan |
| Luke helps Kate, among other things, with the Kinsey test to cope with her newly discovered sexuality. They agree to stay together for the time being to counter the rumors, but Luke should let Kate know immediately if he falls in love with her. The casting for the film takes place at school, and the main roles are ultimately given to Emaline and her boyfriend Oliver Schermerhorn. Emaline goes to Kate to get costumes for the production, and they get along well. When Ken learns that Luke is Kate's boyfriend, he is very pleased and invites him to dinner. There Kate sings Rocket Man , during their performance Luke realizes that he loves her. | ||||
| 6th | Sometimes I Hear My Voice | Sometimes I Hear My Voice | Ry Russo-Young | Ben York Jones |
| Luke gets himself and Kate tickets for a Tori Amos concert in Portland . They drive there in Sherry's car while Sherry and Ken in Boring indulge in some marijuana that was confiscated from a student. Then they go around the houses, then go swimming and kiss. In Portland, Kate sees two young women kissing. Kate then suggests that Luke break up. They get into an argument, Kate says she is happy with her sexuality and that he should stop his selfish thinking. In addition, Luke was not about her personally, but about having a girlfriend. Kate then calls her father, who is still a little elated. She asks him to pick her and Luke up because her car has been towed. | ||||
| 7th | Like cheesecake for a fat man | Cheesecake to a Fat Man | Ry Russo-Young | Sean Cummings |
| After breaking up with Kate, Luke becomes angry and very easily irritable as the filming is drawing to a close. Kate completely redecorates her room due to her new self-awareness and considers getting her nose pierced , but decides against it. Her father is extremely happy because of his new relationship with Sherry and is in a very good mood after their night together. Kate uses his mood and convinces him to fund a trip to Dominguez Rocks, California , to film a few scenes there. In the meantime, Emaline, Oliver, McQuaid and Tyler order their first drugs on the Internet, and they are not being used satisfactorily for everyone. | ||||
| 8th | I Just Wanna Be Anybody | I Just Wanna Be Anybody | Michael Mohan | Hayley Tyler |
| The members of the two clubs travel to California, but Oliver is missing, who has secretly gone to New York. McQuaid takes on his role. Emaline behaves and dresses very differently than usual, which Kate notices. During the night, Emaline tells her in the motel that she is happy to be able to be herself now, because after the separation from Oliver she did not know what to do with her. Emaline confesses to Kate that she was mean to her for being jealous of her, while Kate confesses that she finds her attractive. There is almost a kiss between the two, but they are interrupted. The next day, Kate locates Leroy in a blockbuster video library. She takes Luke there, but he leaves after a very short time and is even more angry with Kate than before. | ||||
| 9 | My friends became victims of spiders | My Friends Have Been Eaten by Spiders | Michael Mohan | Noelle Valdivia |
| When Luke comes home, he realizes that Sherry and Ken are in a relationship. He is extremely upset, which is why Sherry ended their relationship. Luke's mood continues to deteriorate at school because the film was cut without consulting him. Meanwhile, Emaline asks Kate if her words were meant honestly at the motel, when she says yes, the two finally admit their feelings for each other. Kate notices that her father is depressed when he tells her about the breakup, she immediately suspects who is responsible. She confesses to Luke that her mother didn't die of cancer like she told him. Her mother visited her a fair and committed on the same day by jumping from a bridge suicide . That's why Kate berates Luke for ruining her father's new happiness. Meanwhile, McQuaid wants to ask Emaline out on a date because they kissed while filming and he fell in love with her. | ||||
| 10 | We Were Merely Freshmen | We Were Merely Freshmen | Michael Mohan | Ben York Jones & Michael Mohan |
| Luke feels guilty about his behavior and changes the ending of the film just before the premiere by cutting it around again. Upon watching it, Kate understands that the ending is a nod to Luke's insight that the two are just good friends. Kate thanks him after the performance, the two make up, Luke also apologizes to his mother and tells her that he agrees with her relationship with Ken. Then Emaline goes to the empty auditorium with Kate , where they dance to music by Duran Duran . McQuaid has finally found the courage to confess his feelings to Emaline, but when he sees her and Kate kissing passionately, he leaves the auditorium dejected. Afterwards, Kate and Luke are having pizza with their parents when Leroy suddenly appears in the doorway. | ||||
| On February 20, 2018, all episodes of the season were released simultaneously on Netflix. | ||||
reception
In the Internet Movie Database, the series received 7.5 stars out of 10 based on 13946 votes. At Rotten Tomatoes , the series received an average rating of 72 percent from 47 reviews, and an average rating of 92 percent from 655 reviews. On Metacritic , the series achieved a rating of 62 out of 100 based on 20 reviews (as of July 8, 2019).
Alexandra Belopolsky from the Süddeutsche Zeitung compared the series with Stranger Things and praised the fact that the series set in the 1990s showed topics such as diversity and homosexuality , since series that actually came from that decade either did not or only extremely did such topics treated volatile. She was also positive about the credibility and topicality of the series and the play of the scriptwriters with clichés .
Emine Saner compared the series in The Guardian with productions such as Voll beside it, full in life and Degrassi: The Next Generation . According to her, Ben York Jones and Michael Mohan had exhausted the “idea of nostalgia and youth” and simply lined up several tropes . However, she praised Kate's storyline and the performance of actors Jahi Di'Allo Winston and Peyton Kennedy . Saner ultimately rated the series with two out of five stars.
Jen Chaney also praised the actors Winston and Kennedy in the New York , she also wrote that the series treats the young characters "respectfully". She criticized some dialogues and selected songs as well as the fact that the secondary characters were "underdeveloped".
Caroline Framke, a Vox editor , wrote that the phrase that distinguishes the series from typical coming-of-age novels would be "a little late". On the other hand, when it finally occurs, it is "great", and it was also positive about Kate's storyline.
Web links
- Everything Sucks! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Everything Sucks! at Netflix
- Everything Sucks! at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Leslie Goldberg: Netflix Orders 1990s-Set Comedy Series 'Everything Sucks'. In: The Hollywood Reporter . June 27, 2017, accessed July 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Netflix puts off next top series. In: tvmovie.de. April 7, 2018, accessed April 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Yohana Desta: From Surge to Showgirls: A Guide to the 90s References in Everything Sucks! In: Vanity Fair . February 16, 2018, accessed July 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Krystie Lee Yandoli: The Stars Of "Everything Sucks!" Say The Show Is A Milestone For Young Lesbian Representation. In: BuzzFeed . March 6, 2018, accessed March 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Tim Goodman: 'Everything Sucks!': TV Review. In: The Hollywood Reporter. February 14, 2018, accessed March 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Everything Sucks! In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Everything Sucks !: Season 1. In: Rotten Tomatoes . Accessed July 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Everything Sucks! In: Metacritic . Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Alexandra Belopolsky: The nineties series that never existed in the nineties. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . February 20, 2018, accessed March 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Emine Saner: Everything Sucks! review - Netflix's high school comedy fails to make the grade. In: The Guardian . February 16, 2018, accessed July 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Jen Chaney: Everything Sucks! Most Definitely Does Not Suck. In: New York . February 15, 2018, accessed July 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Caroline Framke: The Netflix comedy Everything Sucks! twists' 90s nostalgia into a different shape. In: Vox . February 17, 2018, accessed July 8, 2019 .