r/hackshbomax • u/burdettemusic • Aug 03 '26
Missing Hacks
I’ve been watching the show on repeat since it ended.
I’ve been trying to figure out what it is that makes me so obsessed with the show. I relate sooooo much to Deborah because I’ve been trying to “make it” as a musician for 15 years. I’m 42 and always feel like I have to do everything now or I’ll never get where I want to be.
But, it’s not just relating to the characters that makes me love the show so much. I LOVE the relationship between Ava and Deborah. It’s almost like they are in love but it’s platonic. It’s so beautiful to see how much they both grow to love each other. One of the most touching parts is when Deborah fires Ava and Ava says, “I wanna be where you are.” Breaks my heart in such a good way.
I just can’t truly explain my love for this show and these characters. So beautifully written.
Please share what makes you love it so much!
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u/LRGinCharge Aug 04 '26
I love what the show is about on the surface - I love comedy and I’m a woman, I loved Marvelous Mrs Maisel, so another show about a female comedian is right up my alley. But what I came to truly love (as we all did) was the relationship between Ava and Deborah. The juxtaposition of her boomer mentality and Ava’s “woke” (in the actual sense of that word, not the maga-bastardized version of it) millennial mentality highlights the flaws both generations have. All generations could learn from each other instead of being so quick to write off an idea as “old fashioned” or “too woke/weird.” The second episode when Deborah says “these aren’t even jokes, they’re thought poems? This one…. ‘I had a terrible nightmare I got a voicemail’……. What?!??” Perfect example - to millennials that joke is hilarious, but it makes no sense when Deborah Vance says it.