Indie Spotlight: ‘Travel Boobs’ Hit The Road

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The latest comedy wearing its girl-power streak on its sleeve is the appropriately-titled Travel Boobs. The new web series from creator Jaime Slater follows three female friends as they look to run away from their problems with a road trip.

The main characters of Travel Boobs are all facing their own problems. Lily (Slater) is mourning a dead husband, Mel (Louise Bond) is in danger of being deported back to Britain, and Kai (Megan Heyn) harbors a dark secret. While they attempt to use their road trip as a form of escape, their respective issues cause their personalities to clash in hilarious ways.

Travel Boobs, like so many other shows featured in this space, succeeds by taking a simple premise and executing it skillfully. Its script, which, according to the series website, was “written by a chick, a fat guy and a black guy,” is fantastic, and the characters are well-rounded.

Two episodes of Travel Boobs are available so far. Four more will arrive over the next four Wednesdays on the show’s YouTube channel.

OTHER UNDER-THE-RADAR SERIES TO CHECK OUT

• You Are Nothing. Maria Bamford narrates this series about a man attempting to get his life on track.
• 100 Bullets: Dead Ghosts. This comic book adaptation, set in North Korea, is seeking additional funds on Indiegogo.
• Bi: The Webseries. A young man struggles to negotiate his complicated dating life and his sexual orientation.

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