You Is A Better Suburban Satire Than The Woman In The House...
Kristen Bell's new Netflix thriller The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window jokes about common storylines in the genre. But it's the brilliant Netflix series You that is a hilarious send-up of what living in the suburbs can be like. In season 3 of the fan-favorite series, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) and Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti) move to a California suburb and try their best to raise their baby boy while staying out of trouble.
Of course, as fans know, Love and Joe aren't exactly able to live a regular life, and before too long, the horrors of their old life come back to haunt them. There are several ways that You is a better suburban satire than The Woman in the House… and it's interesting to compare the two shows.
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After watching season 3 of You, one thing becomes clear: the show is a brilliant depiction of how dull and lackluster suburban living can be. Joe and Quinn both struggle to cope with living in a community where everyone smiles and then talks about people behind their backs, and even before the real horror starts and Love kills her neighbor Natalie, it's clear that this couple isn't going to stay happy for long. They each convince themselves that taking care of their baby son and baking and cooking and going to parties in the neighborhood will be enough, while realizing that being bored is its own kind of horror story.
Love is a funny, scary character on You, but there's another stand-out of season 3. Most of all, You satirizes suburban life thanks to the character of Sherry Conrad (Shalita Grant) who is a mom influencer who talks about being a perfect parent and hates any food that has carbs or sugar. When Love brings sugar-free,
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