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The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

139 | Body Awareness: A New Way To Think About Our Writing (ft. Karyn Kusama)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Karyn Kusama is known for film classics like Girlfight, Jennifer's Body, The Invitation, and a NEW TV classic, Yellowjackets, which she executive produces. Karyn's work is celebrated for its thoughtfully subversive approach with feminist themes across multiple genres, and today she discusses HOW she uses her body as a barometer to seek truth in her work.

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafov.

0:07.7

And I'm Lorian McKenna.

0:09.5

Today we're chatting with writer director Kar Kusama who is known for film

0:14.4

classics like Girl Fight Jennifer's Body Destroyer and a new TV classic Yellow

0:19.9

Jackets which she executive produces.

0:22.3

Carnes work is celebrated for its thoroughly jackets which she executive produces.

0:22.8

Karn's work is celebrated for its thoroughly subversive approach

0:26.2

with feminist themes across multiple genres.

0:30.4

We can't wait to chat with Karn about about her incredible career, but before we jump in we'd love to discuss our week or what we like to call adventures in screenwriting

0:38.8

So first welcome to the show K Corin. Welcome.

0:43.0

Thank you so much.

0:44.0

Hi guys, this is so fun.

0:45.7

Awesome.

0:46.7

And we'll start off.

0:48.3

I'll start off my week this week.

0:49.5

Normally, Lorraine goes first, but I'm going to go first

0:51.0

because I don't have much to say, because basically my week is, it's really hard to create boundaries.

0:56.9

Well, first of all, for me about anything, but especially around my creative life.

1:01.4

And I was using that as an excuse and it is an excuse and it's a valid

1:06.6

excuse to do all the chores and all the stuff that I did I'm just coming off of a

1:11.0

huge show that I worked on and it's all those doctors appointments

1:16.0

you don't do for two years because you're so busy doing this thing that every weekend you're

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