In fact, it sometimes feels as though Victor isn’t in the spotlight enough, as some episodes largely sideline his self-discovery in favor of other storylines.
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The series also boasts a delightful ensemble: Rachel Hilson (as Victor’s female love interest, Mia) and Anthony Turpel (as Victor’s eccentric neighbor, Felix) are standouts, and the show brings some well-paced character development to each of the Creekwood High students, transforming them from teen stereotypes into fascinating, fully realized human beings. Given the tumultuous times in which we’re living, Love, Victor’s easy warmth is certainly comforting. The follow-up is co-created by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, who wrote the Love, Simon screenplay - and they’ve certainly perfected the formula for a good, old-fashioned tug on the heartstrings. Though it doesn’t take as many bold chances as I’d hoped it would, Love, Victor does still possess an undeniable charm. (That said, the show was originally ordered at Disney+ before it relocated to Hulu earlier this year, which could explain its fairly tame representation of thorny topics.) “Sexuality is a spectrum!” Victor effuses in one of his chats with Simon, as though it’s the first time anyone has had that thought, while another character later refers to sexuality as “less of a straight line, and more like a Cirque du Soleil show.” But even as it alludes to the messy process of discovering one’s own sexuality, Love, Victor rarely executes any of the big swings that it seems to set up for itself. In fact, when the show does directly address the tangled web that sexuality can be, it all feels a bit Afterschool Special-y. I’m not even sure what I like.” But rather than dive into the nuances of love and attraction - especially the topic of bisexuality, which is underrepresented and often mishandled in pop culture - Love, Victor often chooses to stay in the shallow end and cover much of the same ground as the film. As Victor tells Simon in the show’s trailer, “My story is confusing.
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Though the show has 10 half-hour installments at its disposal - which seemed ripe for a more thorough, complex exploration of teenage sexuality than a two-hour movie could offer - Love, Victor only seems to scratch the surface of its storytelling possibilities, opting instead for narrative choices that feel a bit easy and predictable.
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