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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The show is based on the life - and subsequent ‘femtrepeneur’ memoir - of Sophia Amoruso, the founder and owner of online fashion brand Nasty Gal. The portrayal of Sophia in the show is an exaggeration of her IRL story and persona.
In the show, Sophia Marlowe (standard change of name for the purpose of this on screen endeavour) starts off as a girl just trying to make a buck on eBay by selling clothes she finds in vintage stores and she’s actually alright. When she manages to sell her first jacket for a massive profit, you find yourself cheering for her. But as the show goes on, you actually low-key start caring less and less about her success and start worrying more and more about who she’s taking down to make it to the top.
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In short, Sophia is kind of a massive dick. She dumps on EVERRRYYOOONEEEE. Her best friend. Her “un-official” boyfriend. Her online competitors. She steals. She’s completely self-obsessed and even the character herself admits in one of the later episodes that she’s a “garbage person.”
And to be honest, half the internet else thinks so too. I hate this Sophia in Girl Boss. — Madam BeastMode (@MadamBitchesa) May 11, 2017
I put on Girlboss in the bg of doing homework and i already hate the main character — mimstagram (@koalateus) May 2, 2017
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I've started watching Girl Boss and I hate the main girl so much it paaaaains me — Amy Bullock (@amyazing6) May 1, 2017
Still rooting for sophia to fail. selfish, ungrateful, privileged white girl. on ep 10 and i still hate her. #GirlBoss — Eve Rizza Katalbas (@evekatalbas) May 1, 2017
I'm watching girlboss and I fuckin hate the main character but rupaul is great in it — shelbones (@ShelbyGloom) May 1, 2017
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Not *everyone* hates her of course, but apparently, according to Britt Robertson who plays Sophia, we’re actually MEANT to feel that way about her.
When asked about the backlash against her character, Robertson told Bustle: “I think that's sort of the point to the show, to be honest with you because she is [unlikable], it's a part of what the story is. She can't make her way in life because nobody understands her story or gets who she is. She's not a traditional female heroine. But, you know, I think it's all fair. You can feel however you want to feel about the character.
To be fair to Sophia, we’re all a bit sh*tty and self-centred at the age of 23. Dare I say it, but there’s probably a bit of Sophia in all of us. (Ew... lol)
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