Episode 38: Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
Beyond the Screenplay
Michael Tucker
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
The LFTS team chats with screenwriter and showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna about how she approaches breaking a story, the appeal of skewering genre on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and why The Devil Wears Prada remains so beloved today.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. Before we jump into this episode where we had the pleasure of chatting with Aline Brosh McKenna, |
| 0:04.9 | I want to give a quick heads up that the sound quality changes a little over halfway through the episode. |
| 0:09.7 | Obviously, we're all recording remotely, and that comes with some technical hurdles. |
| 0:13.4 | So we appreciate your understanding on that front. Now, without further ado, our conversation with Aline Brosh McKenna. |
| 0:28.0 | Hi, I'm Michael, and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay. |
| 0:32.1 | Today, we have the pleasure of chatting with screenwriter, producer, and director, Aline Brosh McKenna. |
| 0:33.2 | She's the writer behind, among other things, the TV series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, We Bought a Zoo, Annie, 27 dresses, and of course, The Devil Wers Prada. |
| 0:42.5 | I'm joined by part of the lessons from the screenplay team, Trisha Arand. |
| 0:46.4 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:47.3 | And Brian Bittner. |
| 0:48.4 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:49.3 | And joined, of course, by our guest, Aline Bresch McKenna. |
| 0:52.1 | Aline, thank you so much for joining us today. |
| 0:54.7 | I'm happy to be here. |
| 0:56.3 | And by here, I mean, in my house. |
| 0:58.8 | Right. |
| 0:59.6 | As we all are. |
| 1:01.6 | So we did a podcast episode analyzing the Devil Words Prada, and that was kind of after |
| 1:07.0 | doing a video that we did back in 2018 for lessons from the screenplay, |
| 1:12.1 | a video on the first 10 pages of the Devil Wars Prada, which Trichit pitched and, yeah, |
| 1:16.9 | became one of my favorite videos that we've done. And those first 10 pages are just such a great |
| 1:21.5 | intro to the story. It was really fun getting to dissect and really dive into those. |
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