It’s been a year and a half since the first season of Benito Skinner’s Prime Video comedy series, Overcompensating, debuted, and a lot has changed fo
It’s been a year and a half since the first season of Benito Skinner’s Prime Video comedy series, Overcompensating, debuted, and a lot has changed for him in that time. For one, Skinner—also known as Benny Drama, his online alter ego—is blond now. It’s a change he says may be lasting or perhaps semilasting. “It’s how I see myself—as a blond,” he tells me over Zoom. “So we’re going to keep going with it for a sec.”
But Skinner has transformed in much less superficial ways since the launch of his hit Amazon series, which is based on his experiences coming out as gay as a Georgetown undergrad. Equal parts raunchy and heartwarming, the first season follows Benny (Skinner), a closeted former high school football player who attempts to navigate the chaos of college, where he forms an unlikely bond with a fellow student named Carmen (Wally Baram).
Skinner shares that making the second installment of the series was “way more fluid, way less stressed.” As it should have been. The first season was a popular hit for the streamer (it has a 93% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes), hard-launching Skinner as an electrifying fresh voice plucked from the internet and ready for prime time.
