How ‘Big Mouth’ Evolved to Reflect Current Conversations of Sexuality and Gender Identity: ‘Being Honest Is Our First Thing’

“We all remember what it was to be 13 — it’s so emotional, it matters so much,” co-creator Jennifer Flackett told TheWrap

BIG MOUTH. (L to R) Jessi Klein as Jessi Glaser and Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress in BIG MOUTH. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021
"Big Mouth" (Netflix)

Spoiler alert: The following article discusses the entirety of “Big Mouth” Season 6.

When “Big Mouth” co-creators Jennifer Flackett, Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll and Mark Levin first sat down in their “little bubble” to pen what would eventually become one of Netflix’s foremost adult animated comedies in 2017, they didn’t quite realize what an stirring ride it would be. 

The out-there, at times raunchy and always-riotous tale about hormone monsters and the pains of growing up is known for its meta gags, audience ribbing and pillaging of anything a WASP mom would find scandalous at best, if not completely objectionable.

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