The Case Against BoJack Horseman

Alex Mell-Taylor
15 min readAug 9, 2019

Does BoJack Horseman Deserve Forgiveness?

The character BoJack Horsemen (voiced by Will Arnett), of the original Netflix series of the same name, is an asshole. When we first meet BoJack, he is stuck in the glory days of his 90s sitcom Horsin’ Around. He is a dysfunctional Hollywood actor (Hollywoo in the show) who wallows in so much existential dread and pain that he lashes out and hurts most, if not…

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