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TOO MUCH

In a world where self-awareness is ternal issues. And as the series su-
promoted as a magic formula and ggests, the past does not disappear
starting over is almost a disguised just because we have changed time
«Too Much» is one of imposition of freedom, «Too Much» zones. Opening Instagram can so-
Netflix's latest offerings, chooses to tell the truth: change is metimes trigger a flood of memo-
a romantic comedy difficult and exhausting and does ries.
created by Lena Dunham not always bring the promised re-
and Luis Felber. With an lief. The series follows Jessica (Me- Jessica is not a woman who is easy
intimate and sometimes gan Stalter), in her 30s, who, after to label. She is not the typical char-
uncomfortably honest the end of a long relationship and ming protagonist, nor is she a sar-
approach, «Too Much» the news that her ex is getting mar- castic anti-heroine designed to eli-
questions what it really ried to an influencer, accepts a new cit empathy. She is simply human.
means to be “too much.” job in London. On the surface, it's Sometimes she acts on impulse,
a professional decision. In reality, says things she shouldn't, and re-
SARA QUELHAS it is also a desperate gesture—an peats patterns she swore she would
attempt to escape herself, even if avoid. And yet, we never feel like
only geographically. However, pa- she is being manipulated into fit-
cking your bags cannot resolve in- ting a mould. Megan Stalter, who

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