SPOILER ALERT: This article includes spoilers about “Overcompensating,” now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
When making his first series, “Overcompensating,” Benito Skinner wanted to channel the spirit of all his favorite movies and TV shows growing up: “Freaks and Geeks,” “American Pie,” “Clueless,” “Mean Girls” and even “The Real World.”
“All of these things helped me create this nostalgic world of Americana college hell,” Skinner tells Variety of the eight-episode series, which follows Benny (Skinner), a former high school jock who starts to explore coming out of the closet when he goes to university. As evidenced by the main character’s name, “Overcompensating” is somewhat autobiographical.
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