I Hate People, People Hate Me (2023)

Genre

comedy television series

Country

Canada

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

18+

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two queer women in Toronto bond over feeling like outsiders. The show follows their friendship as they navigate life in a stylized version of the city that feels like a live action cartoon with some dark edges.

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What happens

I Hate People, People Hate Me is a Canadian comedy web series, which premiered on CBC Gem in 2023. The series stars Bobbi Summers and Lily Kazimiera as Jovi and Tabitha, two friends who bond over their shared status as outsiders to the LGBTQ community in Toronto. Summers described the series as having been inspired by films such as Ghost World, Good Burger and Welcome to the Dollhouse, with the characters' alienation meant as self-reflection on his own struggles. The series was also designed to depict Toronto in a graphic novel sort of way rather than realistically, described by Summers as "filtered through the part of my brain that wants everything to feel like a live-action cartoon with darkness sprinkled on top". The cast also includes Jennifer Sapico, Jake Simone, Dallas Peplow, Jessica Myrie, Ethan Laniado, Lyndsay Clarkson, Deniella Alexis and Luke Avoledo in supporting roles and Canadian icon Bif Naked as a guest star. The series premiered globally on WOW Presents Plus in January 2025 and is the streamer's first scripted acquisition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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