However, I was content enough with knowing that Brandy was not written as sex-crazy as her teen sex comedy predecessors, but just as ambition-crazy.īill Hader’s performance as Willy, Brandy’s deadbeat boss at the local swimming pool she works at during her sexcapades, is worthy of some kind of award for best supporting actor. Instead, most of the funny one-liners and character depth comes from the surrounding cast, which is a shame considering Plaza is a talented actress who could have done a lot more with her role. There’s nothing too dynamic about Brandy’s character other than the fact that she’s driven enough to do anything to complete her self-made list, and that’s already made quite clear in the beginning. The only problem is, so could any other actress. Plaza easily fits into the role of the grammar-correcting, Hillary Clinton-loving straight-A student. With the help of her knowledgable older sister and two best friends, Brandy scraps her college preparation list (littered with items like “buy a wastebasket”) in favor of a new, more colorful list full of various sexual activities, many of which she has never even heard of. In Maggie Carey’s directorial debut, “The To Do List” stars “Park and Rec’s” own Aubrey Plaza as Brandy Klark, the overachieving valedictorian of her Boise, Idaho high school, circa 1993, who decides to achieve a little more before she starts college by becoming as sexually experienced as she can during the summer. Are there men in it? Yes, but none of them are needed for our heroine to have her happy ending. Yes, it does appear to have that same tired theme associated with growing up: the protagonist embarks on a crazy rollercoaster of a quest to lose their virginity - but everything else is new. So when I saw a preview for “The To Do List,” I knew watching it was something I’d have to put on my to do list. Cult classics like “American Pie” and “Superbad,” for example, always seem to rely on male-related humor, and some of that humor objectifies women. The possible themes surrounding sex are so few that every few years I see directors recycling other directors’ old material and I’ve just never understood the humor - probably because a lot of sex comedies, especially coming-of-age sex comedies, are written or directed by men, starring men. I’ve always felt like sex scenes aren’t necessary, as long as the dialogue is rich.
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