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The Business

Kay Cannon makes her directorial debut with 'Blockers'

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6676 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

‘Blockers ’is comedy writer Kay Cannon’s directorial debut. When she was hired for the project, she had some work to do on a script about girls, written by a bunch of guys. Cannon tells us how she made ‘Blockers’ funnier and more feminist.

Transcript

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0:00.0

From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

0:04.5

I basically kind of went through the script and was like,

0:07.5

this feels like it's written by dudes.

0:10.1

Not only that, it feels like it's written by middle-aged dudes.

0:12.2

Or like, this feels a little repeat.

0:15.4

You know, like, it would just be like, no, this isn't feel right.

0:18.4

Blockers, the raunchy butt far from mindless tale of three girlfriends who make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night,

0:24.8

is comedy writer Kay Cannon's directorial debut.

0:28.4

When she was hired for the project, she had some work to do on a script about girls written by a bunch of guys.

0:35.0

Cannon tells us how she took a languishing project and turned it into a timely

0:38.4

comedy that one raves at South by Southwest. She also recalls an all-night writing session

0:44.2

that led to her job on 30 Rock and sticks up for her short live, critically reviled Netflix show,

0:50.5

Girl Boss. But the first on the news banter Ken tells Netflix its films can't compete,

0:56.8

so Netflix says,

0:58.1

au revoir to the film festival.

1:00.3

Stay tuned, it's the business from KCRW.

1:07.9

I am joined by my this week Manhattan buddy in banter, Matt Bellany, who's in New York.

1:13.6

Hello, Matt.

1:14.3

Hi there.

1:15.3

So, there is a spat between Netflix and the Cam Film Festival.

1:20.5

Netflix is annoyed because Cannes had said that its films cannot be in competition.

1:26.5

So Netflix has retaliated by saying, fine, our films

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