New Amazon Prime Series Declared 'Show of the Summer' by Astonished Viewers

New Amazon Prime series declared 'show of the summer' by astonished viewers

Viewers have hailed Amazon Prime Video’s new series Overcompensating (Picture: Jackie Brown/Prime) If raucous college parties and cameos from Charli XCX sounds like your idea of a good time, you need to check out Amazon Prime’s ‘show of the summer’. Since its release on May 15, Overcompensating, a comedy drama created by and starring Benito Skinner, has found a loyal fanbase online, so far earning a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The show follows…

‘Overcompensating’ a campus comedy about being in the closet

College is a time of reinvention. But the pressure to immediately fit in and find your place as a freshman can be intense. Who are you when you’re away from home for the first time? Are you seen as “cool” enough to make equally cool new friends and attract the “right” sort of romantic attention? These issues come to the fore, amid boozy parties, sloppy hookups and bad judgment, in the lightly raunchy Amazon comedy “Overcompensating.” Benny (char…

“It felt honest”: Benito Skinner discusses Overcompensating’s spicy and chaotic sex scenes

Benito Skinner has shared new behind-the-scenes details on filming Overcompensating’s chaotic sex scenes. On 15 May, the LGBTQIA+ coming-of-age series made its highly anticipated premiere on Prime Video. Created and written by Skinner, the half-hour comedy follows the “wild, chaotic journey of Benny,” a former football player and homecoming king coming to terms with his sexuality. He becomes “fast friends” with Carmen (Wallay Barram), a “high sc…

‘Overcompensating’ Review: Benito Skinner’s Basic College Comedy Works Well Enough Where It Counts

The social media star's first streaming series is a rowdy, sweet, semi-autobiographical story of a college freshman from Idaho who tries to hide his sexuality by fitting in with everyone except himself.

Hardly released and already binge-watched. Overcompensation, Prime Video's new comic series LGBTQ+, was noticed by its stripping humour, pop references, and surprising casting. But beyond the buzz, what do you really need to know about this series that could well become a generational phenomenon? Created and worn by Benito Skinner, alias Benny Drama on social networks, the series mixes autofiction, university satire and exploration of queer iden…

Where was Overcompensating filmed?

Posted by Ra Moon Set at the fictional Yates University, Overcompensating was primarily filmed in Toronto, Canada. Although he is 31 years old, comedian Benito Skinner is both the creator and star of the series, playing Benny, a college freshman. Benny is a closeted former high school football star from Idaho, struggling with his identity and the pressure to fit into college frat culture. Let's find out more about the real Yates University an…