Tear Along the Dotted Line: If you Love Bojack, this is your next watch (No spoilers dw)

Wow wow wow. I have just finished this show for the second time and had to come back on here to write a review.

Strappare lungo i bordi (or Tear Along the Dotted Line) is an Italian show made by Michele Rech (or Zero Calcare). It is show about Zero and his connection to his 3 friends Secco, Sarah and most importantly Alice, his romantic interest.

Over 6 x 20 minute episodes, Zero manages to tap into deep-rooted universal themes throughout a child, teen and adolescent lifespan and focus on the most introspective and specific feelings of shame, disappointment, misunderstanding and grief.

Everything that critically acclaimed shows such as Bojack Horseman or Big Mouth were glorified for in studying feelings of alcoholism, depression, anxiety, shame are all discussed within this show. However are done in such inelegant ways that somehow make it elegant (hard to explain but will continue below).

A lot of positions that Zero is put into allow his conscious mind to conjure up various different comparisons and scenarios that allow the feelings he is going through to be actualised in a very artistic way. The transitions are streamlined and slick and this otherwise heavy content that is hard to convey in both comedic and impactful ways are discussed and dissected effortlessly with some excellent audiovisual elements.

Everything from the armadillo consciousness, British dubs, innovative symbolism and musical selections are fantastic and would highly recommend watching***. If you love an introspective show like Big Mouth, Bojack, even Inside Out, this one is for you.

Enjoy

***Watch TWICE (ONCE IN ITALIAN and again with BRITISH DUB) as I do not speak italian and for me personally, I actually preferred the dub (crazy but only cos I do not speak Italian).

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