Sexify is a Polish production on Netflix. Before I start this review, there are things about the series and moments that are genuinely funny. However, it ultimately fails on the message it tries to deliver. It follows three young women who are in university-Natalia, Paulina and Monika. Through various circumstances they end up creating an app to optimize the female orgasm.
It tries to be the voice of liberal Poland, making reference to the fact that sex exists, that homosexuality exists and that it is normal, and that foreigners do in fact live in Poland. While this is admirable, the way that the main character is handled is jarring. It is clear in the beginning episode that she is asexual. She doesn't have the interest in sex that other's have, and she's surprised when she discovers that others have it. She's told that her project to make an app to maximize people's sleep isn't 'sexy' enough (although I think very many people have sleep problems), and then she comes up with the idea for the orgasm app. The comedy comes from the fact that while she is a brilliant programmer, she needs her friends to help her understand sex.
Up to that point the series is brilliant. It then introduces the character of Adam, who is meant to be her love interest. She goes from not having a great interest in sex to being awkward about it. I think that some asexual people are interested in the romantic part of relationships, and others aren't, but it is clear that the writers still think in terms of straight/homosexual and that there are no other kinds of sexuality (or lack of sexuality).
That is the series fatal flaw. But some of the comedic moments are hilarious, and sometimes the characters act in a way that seems natural. Unfortunately that is only sometimes. It's worth a watch if you want to know how modern liberals in Poland view the world-it's a worldview that's about 30 years out of date. Of course, the Polish conservative worldview is about 2000 years out of date-but damaging stereotypes can hurt people-it doesn't matter what ideological framework it comes from.
It tries to be the voice of liberal Poland, making reference to the fact that sex exists, that homosexuality exists and that it is normal, and that foreigners do in fact live in Poland. While this is admirable, the way that the main character is handled is jarring. It is clear in the beginning episode that she is asexual. She doesn't have the interest in sex that other's have, and she's surprised when she discovers that others have it. She's told that her project to make an app to maximize people's sleep isn't 'sexy' enough (although I think very many people have sleep problems), and then she comes up with the idea for the orgasm app. The comedy comes from the fact that while she is a brilliant programmer, she needs her friends to help her understand sex.
Up to that point the series is brilliant. It then introduces the character of Adam, who is meant to be her love interest. She goes from not having a great interest in sex to being awkward about it. I think that some asexual people are interested in the romantic part of relationships, and others aren't, but it is clear that the writers still think in terms of straight/homosexual and that there are no other kinds of sexuality (or lack of sexuality).
That is the series fatal flaw. But some of the comedic moments are hilarious, and sometimes the characters act in a way that seems natural. Unfortunately that is only sometimes. It's worth a watch if you want to know how modern liberals in Poland view the world-it's a worldview that's about 30 years out of date. Of course, the Polish conservative worldview is about 2000 years out of date-but damaging stereotypes can hurt people-it doesn't matter what ideological framework it comes from.