Mavis gives a blowjob to a hot Italian she just met (Marouane Zotti), accidentally getting wads of gum in Luca’s nether regions. Mavis randomly moves in with Jade (Liza Treyger), her white roommate with porous boundaries, an affinity towards olive oil and a (disturbingly) impressive array of appropriated Black hair styles.
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Mavis is an older, plus-size, Black woman, written with full permission to implode, explode and start again. Mavis isn’t a white, twentysomething experiencing a timely arrival of young adult heartache. The Netflix series goes beyond the typical limitations seen in shows about women’s growing pains. The show, co-created by Buteau and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, is unapologetically fun and chaotic, allowing audiences to laugh, gawk and wince alongside a floundering Mavis and her awkward embrace of singledom. Survival of the Thickest, loosely based on Buteau’s eponymous essay collection, shines as a raunchy, offbeat exploration of Mavis after her uncoupling. But Mavis also rediscovers herself through this forced independence, holding steadfast to her tribe and learning lessons from a revolving roster of eccentric romantic interests and styling clients. Mavis has to rebuild her career roster, untangling her successes from Jacque’s influence. “These floors look like the stage of Hamilton,” quips Mavis’ high-powered friend, Marley (a hilarious Tasha Smith). She leaves the couple’s chic flat for a Brooklyn armpit.
Across an eight-episode season, we watch a heartbroken and infuriated Mavis navigate the rolling hills of post-breakup life. But Mavis’s world is toppled when she comes home to find Jacque in bed with another woman – the “skinny model version” of Mavis whose boobs she just double taped for a photo shoot, no less.
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