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Benito Skinner is previewing nan forthcoming 2nd play of Prime Video‘s Overcompensating.
The semi-autobiographical dramedy — centering connected his titular character, a closeted jock who becomes accelerated friends pinch outsider Carmen (Wally Baram) during their freshman twelvemonth of assemblage — “feels much queer” successful Season 2, nan writer-star teased, arsenic Benny ventures further retired of nan closet.
“We didn’t make a full caller show, but we did elevate it successful a batch of ways. I deliberation there’s a maturity to it,” nan creator told People successful a caller interview. “I’m really excited — and it’s nasty.”
The multi-hyphenate added of nan 2nd season, which is presently filming: “I’m really proud of these scripts — I worked truthful difficult connected them. What we’ve done truthful acold feels moreover much of precisely what I wanted to make. Everything feels really warmed up and everyone is conscionable truthful funny and sharp.”
Of nan sophomore installment, Skinner said he wanted to replicate nan “specificity” that resonated pinch audiences successful nan inaugural play of nan ensemble series. “I’m like, ‘Let’s spot really honorable we tin get present without america each emotion uncomfortable,’ without maine being like, ‘I can’t do that because what if my aunt watches?'”
After bowing connected nan Amazon streaming level successful May of past year, nan show remained connected nan bubble for immoderate months earlier yet being renewed successful September.
In Season 1, pinch guidance from Benny’s older sister (Mary Beth Barone) and her campus-legend fellow (Adam DiMarco), Benny and Carmen juggled horrible hookups, flavored vodka and clone IDs, arsenic nan show explored nan ways we each overcompensate while connected nan way to uncovering retired who we genuinely are. The finale concluded connected an uncomfortable cliffhanger betwixt Benny and Carmen, arsenic nan erstwhile walked successful connected nan second making retired pinch his crush Miles (Rish Shah), starring to an unexpected confrontation successful which Benny is accidentally outed to his sister.
