Stars: 4.5/5 ⭐️ Chicago Party Aunt is a show, which I think brings flavor back to the raunchy animation shows. This Chicagoan tale follows Diana, the self-proclaimed Chicago Party Aunt, after her nephew, Daniel moves in with her, after deciding to take a gap year from Stanford. This show is hilarious,s raunchy, and overall, a great show with representation. One of the things that popped out at me was that Daniel is gay, but the show doesn't announce it with all these gay jokes, you just learn it, when, in episode two, his mother walks in on him watching gay porn. Then the following episode he lusts after a college (or post-grad, there weren't that many details with the character) boy, and the only other reference of it is that on Halloween, he wants to go to a gay bar and make out with a random guy. There were also a few jokes sprinkled in, but they weren't offensive, which I loved that there wasn't an incessant need to point out his sexuality. However, there seemed to be a lot of jokes pointed at millennials and millennial culture, as Daniel starts to work at "Kreativ Jūs", a place where turmeric shots are 17$. As this show is set in Chicago, there are plenty of references that Chicagoans will pick up. (I think, I only picked up a few, but I'm not from Chicago) Which I think enhances the reality of the show, as the show is written kinda like an inside joke for Chicagoans. This is very obvious if you go on the Chicago Party Aunt Twitter, you can see people doing side by side of real places. The character of Diane though is the best! She's your typical I-don't-want-to-grow-up-but-I-am character, with a lot of heart, jokes, and tricks up her sleeve. Teaching book-smart Daniel how to live a street-smart life in her apartment, they always seem to get into crazy shenanigans, which with the power of animation on their side, it can be anything. Speaking of art animations, there isn't anything crazy with the animation of this show, which isn't bad, but it felt there could have been times where creative animation liberties would be taken to enhance the show. But, other than that, it kinda gives the vibes of F is for Family, without the horrible people aspect to it, and a great thing about this, is that there is already a season 2 on its way, as Netflix ordered 16 episodes, and the first 8 dropped on Sept. 17th.
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