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The show is winning and charming in surprising ways, and seems legitimately unique in the comedy landscape.
Its the same thing: I have a setup, and I predict what the results will be.
In this one, Im completely wrong.
So when were writing it, were trying to write something really funny.
We thought it would be really funny for me to do the twin study.
We thought it would be really funny to release the political ad with two husbands.
We thought it was extremely funny for me to pitch a terrible idea to really intelligent people.
Its really a mix.
I like dealing with real people.
Obviously authenticity and sincerity are so important to the show, but Im curious if there were any plants.
I was also in a show calledAlmost Royal,with real people.
We knew shed been in the commercial plane crash already, so sometimes you know that persons great.
You keep getting these gifts all the time.
Theres one in the Monogamy episode where three people tell me they had affairs without being prompted.
The show is funny, but youre also legitimately trying to help these people.
The Humor episode that you saw is much easier to make funny.
How do you make jokes when someone is grieving?
How do I deal with my shame?
We were like,How is this a comedy show?
We call it an intake interview, and I have them at the beginning of every episode.
I meet the person in their space, and we talk about the issue.
Im just saying what I would want to hear.
Its never going to go anywhere, and its not funny.
We have a psychologist screening them, and producers who have relationships with them and are parenting them.
We were going to have a psychologist be on set if he needed it.
We really care for these people, and know that hes done brilliantly now and is fine.
My closest friends and family really talk to me when I need it, and vice versa.
To me its the greatest thing about being human.
In the show, we play around with empathy.
Were sort of laughing at it.
So my character keeps telling everyone how kind she is.
So I do like talking about their problems.
I dont think its just altruism or anything.
I do kind of face my own stuff on the show.
The data pipe, every time they gave notes early on, kept being like, Whats Amys position?
What does she think?
Whats Amys experience with shame?
What does Amy think about her body?
What is Amys experience with monogamy and dating?
I kept being really resistant, like,Im a comedian.
This is not my memoir.
This is not my therapy session.But we do deal with my stuff.
I definitely benefited from it.
Im never going to forget that moment my whole life.
On the Grief episode, I talk about my dad dying.
It was truly traumatic, actually.
It just so happened that my best friends dad died the week that we were filming that.
So Im dealing with that grief, on top of this mans grief, on top of my grief.
