Is here and the new Netflix series is getting as much scrutiny as the Girlboss it’s inspired by, controversial Nasty Gal creator Sophia Amoruso. Our fictional Sophia (Britt Robertson) has already been called cartoonishly brash, a classic asshole genius, and a manic-pixie-jackass. All of this is true. But, if you stick around through all of season 1’s 13 episodes, you’ll realize there’s a lot more going on underneath all that bluster and vintage clothing.
When we first meet Sophia in Girlboss, she’s simply a caricature of everything we’re told is wrong with millennials, and then some. She’s self-obsessed, always late, and has a crippling case of Peter Pan Syndrome. On top of all of that, she also steals, has a misplaced sense of superiority, and is rude in ways that hint she’s never spoken to another human being.
Then, episode 4, Ladyshopper99, happens. This is the moment we see Sophia go from a sketch of countless awful qualities held together by rocker-chic duds, to a deeply sad young woman with a real history. A big part of that is thanks to a dinner conversation between Sophia, her artist friend Nathan (Cole Escola), and his mom (Nicole Sullivan). Nathan and his mom couldn’t have a closer relationship, which finally gets Sophia to open up about her own family, which includes an MIA mother and a (sometimes understandably) critical dad.
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, she explains, starting to get a far-off look in her eyes. I have this eBay thing, which I think is pretty cool. But, I know that [my dad] would just find a way to make it seem like I was doing it all wrong. I’m not even gonna mention it to him until I can buy…really everything that Barbie has.
Then, Nathan’s mom gives Sophia the kind of hug that nearly brings tears to her eyes. It looks like the first time the budding fashion mogul has received any maternal love in years. That’s when we realize Sophia is still haunted by demons from her childhood. She doesn’t act like a monster because she’s a natural Garbage Person as she’s called later in Girlboss; she’s thick-skinned because she still feels abandoned.
This plot point becomes even more obvious when Sophia goes nuclear and tells her best friend Annie (Ellie Reed) she’s essentially done nothing to make Nasty Girl the nascent success it is. Of course that’s a lie — Annie does all the hair and makeup for the eBay photos and essentially manages the business — but our resident narcissistic girlboss can’t see that. Sophia was deserted once by someone she loves, so she’s convinced herself she doesn’t need anyone else, that she's a one woman army. Again, this is totally incorrect.
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Is able to start reversing Sophia’s most self-destructive tendencies is to go right to the source. For the Christmas episode, Garbage Person, Sophia eventually tracks down her mom Kathleen (Alice Ripley), who’s a down-on-her-luck aging actress. Despite the mother-daughter pair’s longtime emotional and physical distance, they have the same scream-first, apologize-never attitude. While Sophia has been celebrating this behavior for the entirety of the series, her mom acts as a Ghost Of Christmas Future, revealing the sad, lonely life her daughter could have if she doesn’t get her act together. It’s no surprise Kathleen’s troupe is performing
When Sophia returns to San Francisco she's not a totally new person, but she finally has enough humility to ask Annie to forgive her. So, yes, Sophia is sometimes a manic-pixie jackass. But she's also the kind of nasty gal you'll end up rooting for if you're paying attention.
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Begins with the following disclaimer: “What follows is a loose retelling of true events... Real loose.” That constant reminder is a crucial one: The show may be based on
Bestseller written by Nasty Gal’s founder and former CEO Sophia Amoruso, but it’s as stylized and surreal as the six-inch platform boots and lamé jumpsuits Nasty Gal stocks.
Nasty Gal has been plagued with problems. First came the allegations that Amoruso had shifted her efforts from the fashion company she built to promoting her best-selling memoir (and herself); former employees began leaving scathing reviews on Glassdoor. Then, in September 2014, the layoffs (and lawsuits) started.
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Amoruso stepped down as CEO of Nasty Gal in January 2015, funding for the company slowed, and even more employees were laid off. By November 2016, Nasty Gal had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; UK retailer Boohoo acquired the company this past February. Of course, none of this is depicted in season 1 of
, which focuses on Sophia (played by Britt Robertson) as she gets her start “flipping clothes” on eBay and, later, launches her own website. Should
Get renewed for further seasons, it’ll be fascinating to see how — if at all — the show portrays Nasty Gal’s downfall.
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Paints a fairly flattering picture of Sophia overall. Brash and foulmouthed, the character is flawed — but the audience is clearly meant to root for her throughout, which sometimes feels problematic. Had Amoruso not been personally involved in the project, I wonder if the screenplay might’ve had a little more bite (for the better).
True. In her memoir, Amoruso notes with “zero pride” that she used to steal everything from rugs to books, so it makes sense that
True and true; and yes, she really did take the latter gig for the health insurance so she could have a hernia removed. But at the real-life Academy of Art University, I doubt Amoruso ever had a boss as delightful as Rick (Norm Macdonald), who steals every scene he’s in.
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Sophia with many costume pieces for the character, all [of which paid] homage to her look IRL, ” Fisher says. “Her grandmother’s Greek Orthodox silver cross, since Sophia wore that necklace proudly and often back in the day; dozens of brutalist and ‘70s vintage silver rings,
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