Rachel Bloom & Aline Brosh McKenna (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, WGFestival 2019)
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2019
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend creator/star Rachel Bloom and creator/showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna talk about bringing the CW musical in for a landing, their creative partnership, tackling romantic comedy tropes and mental illness, musical numbers, and lots more.
Moderated by Ben Blacker. Recorded Live at WGFestival 2019. March 30 2019.
The final episode ofCrazy Ex-Girlfriend airs this Friday, April 5th.
There are still tickets available to see Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Live starring the show's cast on May 15th at Radio City Music Hall!
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| 0:00.0 | Forever |
| 0:02.0 | Dog |
| 0:03.0 | They write, they talk, and talk about what they write |
| 0:07.0 | Tune in, tonight, or whatever the time is right, |
| 0:10.0 | It's the writer's panel with man blacker, and it's starting now. |
| 0:15.0 | Oh, yeah! |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to behind the scenes with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. |
| 0:20.0 | First up is Rachel Bloom, who's the executive producer, |
| 0:23.6 | songwriter, and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. |
| 0:26.6 | And the co-creator, executive producer and showrunner |
| 0:43.7 | Aline Brosh McKenna. |
| 0:47.8 | And finally, he's a TV and comic book writer, |
| 0:51.3 | moderator Ben Lacker. |
| 0:57.0 | This is a good turnout. |
| 0:58.3 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:59.6 | It's Saturday, practically, the crack of dawn. |
| 1:02.4 | I'm happy to see all you. |
| 1:03.6 | Oh, boy, who else was parting last night? |
| 1:06.3 | Uh-oh. |
| 1:07.7 | So this is it, y'all. |
| 1:09.8 | We're at the end. |
| 1:11.8 | This is the end of the movie. |
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