Review | Netflix drama review: Let’s Talk About Chu – Taiwanese sex comedy starring Chan Tzu-hsuan is a fun and surprisingly honest look at relationships
- Eight-episode Taiwanese romantic comedy series Let’s Talk About Chu offers an amusing, heartfelt watch that follows the intimate lives of three siblings
- The show’s frank approach to sexuality is refreshing, the characters feel real and their approaches to hot-button talking points are honest and relatable
4/5 stars
Traditional attitudes towards intimacy and relationships contrast with more frank and open discussion of sexuality, to mostly winning effect, in Let’s Talk About Chu.
The latest collaboration between Netflix and Taiwanese production house Machi Xcelsior Studios, the eight-episode romantic comedy series from writer-director Remii Huang offers a lively, frequently amusing, and ultimately heartfelt watch.
Chan Tzu-hsuan leads the star-studded cast as Chu-ai, the youngest of three siblings and a burgeoning sex advice vlogger, who struggles to apply her “Only sex, no love” mantra to her own complicated personal life.
By day, Chu-ai works as a beautician at a waxing clinic, but her heart is set on becoming a famous online sex therapist. Her channel has yet to go viral, and she attracts as many lecherous trolls as genuine fans, but she is determined to promote a healthy, non-judgmental dialogue about sex, and most importantly, to lead by example.