BoJack Horseman creator on #MeToo parallels: "Most of the season was written pre-Harv - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 09-15-2018, 09:44 PM

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https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/boj...ix-1202941206/

Season 5 of the Netflix series seems especially timely by tackling Hollywood sexism and abuse. Yet "very little" of it was written after the Harvey Weinstein scandal sparked the #MeToo movement, says creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. "If we had started post-Weinstein we might have structured the season a little differently, but I don’t know if it would’ve been better," says Bob-Waksberg. "I think it actually worked out nicely this way, where the season kind of echoes and dovetails with some things that are happening in the real world but isn’t explicitly about them. There was just one line of dialogue we had to change. Diane said, 'these guys get away with everything and nobody cares.' And then people started caring! So we had to change it to something like, 'these new stories break and people care about them, but nobody cares about the dirtbags we already know about,' which I think is sadly true. And as we move forward in time and the dirtbags that were breaking news turn into the dirtbags we already knew about, that frustration continues."

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TMC · 09-22-2018, 02:56 AM

What inspired BoJack Horseman's funeral episode?

“For a few years we’ve had this idea of: What if it’s just BoJack talking for a half-hour? With nobody else talking,” says creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, in an interview with TheWrap. “For awhile we couldn’t figure out what that would be or why he would do that...What is he doing that is just him talking? Is it therapy? Is it him giving a speech? Is he talking to somebody in the hospital?...We kind of landed on this eulogy story and we felt like, if his mother died, there would be a lot to talk about.”

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09-15-2018, 09:44 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,387	BoJack Horseman creator on #MeToo parallels: "Most of the season was written pre-Harv ...ey Weinstein" https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/boj...ix-1202941206/ Season 5 of the Netflix series seems especially timely by tackling Hollywood sexism and abuse. Yet "very little" of it was written after the Harvey Weinstein scandal sparked the #MeToo movement, says creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. "If we had started post-Weinstein we might have structured the season a little differently, but I don’t know if it would’ve been better," says Bob-Waksberg. "I think it actually worked out nicely this way, where the season kind of echoes and dovetails with some things that are happening in the real world but isn’t explicitly about them. There was just one line of dialogue we had to change. Diane said, 'these guys get away with everything and nobody cares.' And then people started caring! So we had to change it to something like, 'these new stories break and people care about them, but nobody cares about the dirtbags we already know about,' which I think is sadly true. And as we move forward in time and the dirtbags that were breaking news turn into the dirtbags we already knew about, that frustration continues." ALSO: BoJack Season 5 shows how protecting abusive, famous men is a tangled and corrupting process that touches everyone BoJack Horseman critiques itself in Season 5, taking an unforgiving look inward to find flaws In spite of all of BoJack's previous accomplishments, this season's “Free Churro” episode feels particularly risky and unique Raphael Bob-Waksberg calls Will Arnett's performance in "Free Churro" the best acting of his career Arnett deserves the Emmy with his "Free Churro" performance

09-22-2018, 02:56 AM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,387	What inspired BoJack Horseman's funeral episode? “For a few years we’ve had this idea of: What if it’s just BoJack talking for a half-hour? With nobody else talking,” says creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, in an interview with TheWrap. “For awhile we couldn’t figure out what that would be or why he would do that...What is he doing that is just him talking? Is it therapy? Is it him giving a speech? Is he talking to somebody in the hospital?...We kind of landed on this eulogy story and we felt like, if his mother died, there would be a lot to talk about.” ALSO: Bob-Waksberg on #MeToo parallels: “It’s been interesting to see how the show has skipped across the surface of what’s happening in the real world" Bob-Waksberg talks bad guys like Mel Gibson, Time's Up and if True Detective influenced the new season Here are 61 Season 5 jokes you probably missed