On the GoodOnePodcast, DeadToMe creator thelizfeldman talks about the show’s approach to comedy and its many twists
Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini. Photo-Illustration: Vulture and Netflix Liz Feldman and the writers of Netflix’s Dead to Me are a bunch of Chubby Checkers over here, with one writer saying in the room that the show needs to “twist again, like we did last summer.” And then another writer responds, “Yeah, let’s twist again like we did last year.
Usually in the writers’ room, when someone says, “Okay, this is crazy,” before they pitch something, very often we try to make that thing work. I think that’s sort of the joy of the show: bringing in these crazy twists and then having to earn them. I’m sure there have been twists that were pitched, but usually the craziest ones are the ones that we do.
But at a certain point, I wanted to see what would happen if I could really tell a story that was about something. And as far as I know, even as an audience member, sometimes shows that are just comedy, comedy, comedy, I just can’t quite sink my teeth into them anymore. I’m sort of looking for more meaning in what I watch, maybe because my time is more limited and I’m just sort of interested in being moved to think or feel something. I wanted to see if I could do that.
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