{"id":669426,"date":"2025-05-15T21:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/overcompensating-is-benito-skinners-toughest-impression-yet-a-straight-guy\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T21:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:10:22","slug":"overcompensating-is-benito-skinners-toughest-impression-yet-a-straight-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/overcompensating-is-benito-skinners-toughest-impression-yet-a-straight-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcompensating is Benito Skinner\u2019s toughest impression yet \u2014 a straight guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d66c9fb56\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/overcompensating-is-benito-skinners-toughest-impression-yet-a-straight-guy\/#In_his_A24-produced_comedy_series_Skinner_battles_college_life_a_wild_Charli_xcx_and_his_true_identity\" >In his A24-produced comedy series, Skinner battles college life, a wild Charli xcx, and his true identity.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_his_A24-produced_comedy_series_Skinner_battles_college_life_a_wild_Charli_xcx_and_his_true_identity\"><\/span>In his A24-produced comedy series, Skinner battles college life, a wild Charli xcx, and his true identity. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270667\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_108_240808_BROJAC_00305_Crop2RC2_uksxgx\/overcompensating-benito-skinner-show-review.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;Overcompensating&lt;\/i&gt; is Benito Skinner\u2019s toughest impression yet \u2014 a straight guy\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Image via Prime Video<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270666\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            When the world shut down in 2020, Benito Skinner\u2019s comedy career opened up like never before. Operating under the name <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bennydrama7\/?hl=en\">Benny Drama<\/a>, Skinner was one of a wave of co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>ns that turned the millions of people doomscrolling through the pandemic into a ready-made audience. His madcap impersonations of celebrities like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fLXpVm-55Sk\">Kris Jenner<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TXRDjgpGyGk\">Drew Barrymore<\/a> earned him a legion of fans and, in what now feels like a fever dream, a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/benny-drama-gen-z-white-house-intern\">call-up by the Biden administration<\/a> to encourage Americans to get the COVID vaccine.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            No front-facing comedian hits record with the dream of working for the White House, though. The tidal hose of impressions, skits, and chatter existed online with the hope of breaking out of phone screens and securing an opportunity like <i>Overcompensating<\/i>, Skinner\u2019s new autobiographical sitcom that launched today, May 15, on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Overcompensating-Season-1\/dp\/B0DTFGNXJ2\">Amazon Prime Video<\/a>. The eight-episode, A24-produced show is an often hilarious, but also charmingly sentimental, story of a closeted gay guy trying to keep his sexuality a secret while embedding himself into life at the fictional Yates University. \u201cHey, what\u2019s up everybody. I\u2019m Benny, I love pussy,\u201d he says unconvincingly as a way of introduction. If that doesn\u2019t sway the students of his hetero-credentials then maybe str<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing on a helmet will. Benny reasons that the college football team uniform can act as padded camouflage in his mission to pass as straight.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270668\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Overcompensating - Official Trailer | Prime Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LSli17bsonk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270669\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Skinner himself was a football player in Boise, Idaho, and drew inspiration for the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> from his own efforts at keeping his sexuality under wraps as a teenager. Admittedly, there is a certain suspension of disbelief required in buying 31-year-old Skinner as a college freshman. While the premise doesn\u2019t reach <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tdt2COuH4Js\">PEN15<\/a><\/i> levels of adults-playing-kids, it is amusing that Daniel Gray Longino, who worked on Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle\u2019s comedy, also directs half of this first season.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Taking its cues from millennial movies such as <i>American Pie<\/i> and <i>Mean Girls<\/i>, <i>Overcompensating<\/i> feels like a necessary queering of a genre that often used gay people as a punchline. All of the college tropes are here: Fake IDs, frat parties, hazing, etc., but <i>Overcompensating<\/i> also pulls from more modern and enlightened series such as <i>Heartstopper<\/i> or <i>The Sex Lives of College Girls<\/i> in its breezy and inclusive depiction of campus life.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Anyone coming into <i>Overcompensating<\/i> expecting more of the unhinged comedy that made Skinner famous online may be a little disappointed to find him playing it straight in more ways than one. The Benny in the show is so preoccupied with keeping his big secret that there isn\u2019t much space for him to be funny; he\u2019s wholesome and homecoming-king handsome, bearing a striking resemblance to a young David Byrne. He becomes a heartthrob on campus, something that only worsens his efforts to fly under the radar. He does let it rip in one standout scene in episode two, though, showcasing his rap skills with a full-throated rendition of Nicki Minaj\u2019s \u201cSuper Bass\u201d in front of a group of nonplussed bros.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270674\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_FG_101_00225615_Still396_elqaxf\/benito-skinner-and-mary-beth-barone-who-plays-benny-s-ice-queen-sister-grace.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;Overcompensating&lt;\/i&gt; is Benito Skinner\u2019s toughest impression yet \u2014 a straight guy\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone, who plays Benny&#8217;s ice queen sister, Grace.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Courtesy of Amazon Video<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270672\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Where Benny is repressed, those around him are anything but. He is joined on campus by his sister, and fellow student, Grace (played by Skinners <i>Ride<\/i> podcast co-host Mary Beth Barone), as well as her boyfriend Peter (<i>The White Lotus<\/i>\u2019s Adam DiMarco). Peter acts as a vessel for the most cringe-worthy straight male behavior with his chest-thumping determination to get his buddy \u201cBento\u201d laid as quickly as possible. <i>Overcompensating<\/i> is sharp in its depiction of masculinity being inherently performative, regardless of the ways it\u2019s being utilized.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            There is a love interest for Benny: Miles, a British film bro whose presence is fleeting. But the true romance of <i>Overcompensating<\/i> is a platonic one. Wally Baram, a writer and stand-up with no previous acting experience, plays Carmen, who first tries to hook up with Benny (it doesn\u2019t go well) and later bonds with him over their favorite video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, <i>Slut Slayer: Berlin<\/i>. The bond between a gay teen and his girlfriend is captured on both sides as Benny finds comfort in being himself at last and Carmen enjoys the company of a man she knows isn\u2019t going to make any sudden moves. In true rom-com style, conflict ensues when Benny lies to Carmen and the couple must work their way back to one another.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Outside of the core cast, <i>Overcompensating<\/i> is stuffed with cameos and guest stars. Benny\u2019s parents are played by TV royalty Kyle MacLachlan and Connie Britton, while comedians Caleb Hearon and Las Culturistas duo Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers appearing on screen feels a bit like an <i>Avengers<\/i> for fans of a certain type of podcast. Elsewhere, Megan Fox goes from a sexy poster on a locker room wall to giving Benny a pep talk IRL. Charli xcx goes the other way and plays a two-dimensional diva version of herself in an episode set around one of her concerts.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270675\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/OVRC_S1_UT_106_240827_LANSAB_00127_CropRC3_ubvbuk\/the-show-s-true-romance-is-a-platonic-one-between-skinner-and-n-y-c-writer-and-stand-up-wally-baram-who-plays-carmen.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"&lt;i&gt;Overcompensating&lt;\/i&gt; is Benito Skinner\u2019s toughest impression yet \u2014 a straight guy\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      The show&#8217;s true romance is a platonic one between Skinner and N.Y.C. writer and stand-up Wally Baram who plays Carmen.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Courtesy of Amazon Video<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-270673\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <i>Overcompensating<\/i> has an interesting relationship with music, something Charli contributed to as the show\u2019s executive music producer. Though the show is set in the present day (the characters post on Instagram Stories and go to the <i>Brat<\/i> tour), much of the music harks back well over a decade. Each episode is named after a different mid-2000s song (\u201cScary Monsters and Nice Sprites\u201d, \u201cCrown on the Ground\u201d), and in one memorable scene Barone\u2019s Grace, an uptight ice queen, lets loose with a karaoke performance of My Chemical Romance\u2019s 2006 hit \u201cWelcome to the Black Parade.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Perhaps this is Skinner\u2019s nod to the comforts he found during his own teenage years in a show that underlines the difficulties he also faced around that time. If college is a time when people get to define themselves in a new environment, Benny\u2019s determination to be anything else but his true self is something of a tragedy. <i>Overcompensating<\/i> is his chance to revisit the past and take some ownership back, even if his comedy loses some of its sharpness.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">David Renshaw<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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