Episode Guide
Choosing Between Peen and Politics is trash -| Review Score – 3/5 Black Excellence is trash -| Review Score – 4/5 Canvassing is trash -| Review Score – 1.5/5 Public Image is trash -| Review Score – 2.5/5 Catching Feelings is trash -| Review Score – 3/5 Family is trash -| Review Score – 2/5 Rom Coms are Mostly Trash -| Review Score – 3/5 Being an Auntie is trash -| Review Score – 2/5 United Fronts are Trash -| Review Score – 1.5/5 Election Night is garbage -| ReviewScore – 3/5
Phoebe Hill is not afraid to say that everything is trash. This is a sentiment that Phoebe Robinson, the mind behind Freeform’s Everything’s Trash and actress portraying her own alter-ego, also shares. ..
The comedy series, based on Robinson’s essay collection Everything’s Trash But It’s Okay, is a story about Phoebe’s life as she podcasts with her best friend and producer Malika (Toccarra Cash), navigates discrimination in the workplace, figures out her complicated love life, and supports her brother Jayden (Jordan Carlos) in his political campaign.
There are a lot of Robinson in the show. She’s funny and charismatic as she attempts to show off the wit of her books and the charming stage presence she displays in her live show with Jessica Williams, 2 Dope Queens.
Robinson’s show, Everything’s Trash, is based on her book of the same name. The show is a mix of passionate tangents and more focused, vulnerable, and poignant insights. ..
In one passage, Robinson tells the story of how another comic sexually harassed her. She later meets him again, and it strikes her that he has likely forgotten about the incident entirely–while the meeting takes her back to a moment in which she felt weak and small.
The author discusses the idea that harassment is not meant to be temporary and is instead intended to keep someone in line. This can be done by the perpetrator by making them do work that they don’t want to do or by the victim by not being able to relax or be calm.
Everything’s Trash is a podcast that lacks authenticity. Each episode may touch on real, relatable problems, but they say little about them. They prefer to wrap things up in nice little bows and cookie-cutter platitudes. ..
The show feels like it was made for a different audience, one that is not as familiar with Phoebe Robinson’s true self. The writers tried to cram in an exaggerated stage personality into a show about real people, and it doesn’t work.
Phoebe’s family, love life, and career are still the focus of Everything’s Trash, but the show doesn’t develop these elements well enough to make them truly resonate with viewers. ..
