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(They write the show over the summer.)
And then another writer responds, Yeah, lets twist again like we did last year.
Also, the shows a comedy!
The result is a show like no other on television, streaming or otherwise.
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We can write any story.
We can give him fun dialogue.
But hes the person that went on camera and embodied this entirely different person.
Its his dorkiness that sold that character.
And I think all credit is definitely due to James.
Hes the one who earned it.
The barometer for the twists on the show is: Do you believe this character would really do this?
And youre almost trying not to laugh at the terrible choice that that person is making.
Ive gotten to write jokes for some great people.
Ive done many Academy Awards and writing those kinds of jokes.
Ive probably written thousands of jokes in my life.
And I do love it.
I wanted to see if I could do that.
So its hard to know exactly what my old comedy self would say.
But I do think that part of me has always wanted to stretch in that way.
I was already sort of experimenting with big crazy reveals.
Its not that I dont want men to watch the show.
Of course I do.
When you create a show for web connection television, the man has to be essentially infallible.
There has to be a male kind of hero on the show.
They really cant be edgy.
If they are, they definitely have to be hot.
I just felt so limited, year after year coming up with pilots for internet TV.
Im grateful to have had the opportunity.
And the people I pitched it to eventually were not interested.
So it became whatever I wanted it to be.
All the sort of stupid tropes that come with with pitching shows on TV.
It was just more like I wanted a show that women could feel at home with.
On Being a Boss
Im not a solo kind of person.
I think thats ultimately probably why I moved away from standup and into more of group writing.
