Loud Murmurs

This episode is joined by our old friend, Santu, who earned his philosophy Ph.D. at Columbia University and now a J.D candidate at Yale University, and our new friend, Mr. Qian, who's also pursuing his degree at Yale University. In this episode, we recap the previous seasons of BoJack Horseman and raise questions such as why this Netflix show resonates with so many Chinese viewers, and to what extent, it reflects the exhausting reality in urban China? Aside from "Philosophy 101" content, the host Diaodiao mentioned "sang culture," a trendy lifestyle in China celebrating the acceptance of bleak perspectives. Why is that? Are we the Sisyphus who are trapped by the repeating norms that have no meanings? What is BoJack Horseman trying to tell us? ”BoJack Horseman“——「马男波杰克」, 一个红遍微博的存在虚无主义动画片。因为他的“丧”戳中了我们当代生活最无奈的软肋，于是，很多个带着马男波杰克对话的截图成了我们戏谑生活的表达途径。BoJack Horseman这部动画里常常出现一种毫无解决方式的”惨“和毫不犹豫的对生活的反抗，然而，Todd, Mr. Peanutbutter和Princess Carolyn等人，又把更多和”生存“这件痛苦的事实相处的不同的模式，抽象成了丰满的虚拟人物，我们每个人身边都能找出来对应这