New Girl

About this episode

Vivian and Olly discuss the nostalgic sitcom 'New Girl' and its themes.

VIvian and Olly decide to get a little nostalgic today by talking about an sitcom from our adolescents that we both watched far after we were children. That's right, it's the classic Zooey Deschanel New Girl . Topics include: Manic Pixie Dream Girls? Whether Schmidt is problematic. The difference between plot and story. Why are sitcoms so dang appealing? Balancing the light with the dark. And the complicated nature of binge watching. VIvian's Episode on New Girl's Injured Shows Referenced New Girl Brooklyn 99 Friends Scrubs Parks and Recreation Our Socials Vivian's Instagram Holly's Instagram The Pod's Instagram Buy Our Books! Buy Holly's Book! Buy Vivian's Book! Fan Of That is now on Patreon! Go support us over there! Music for this episode was Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLead Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Logo by Moira Daykin, @mecha_moira on instagram This episode was produced by Vivian Asimos and Holly Swinyard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Vivian Asimos, Holly Swinyard

Topics covered

• nostalgia
• sitcoms
• Manic Pixie Dream Girls
• binge watching
• storytelling
• humor

Keywords

• New Girl
• sitcom
• nostalgia
• binge watching
• humor
• storytelling
• Manic Pixie Dream Girls

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: New Girl, Brooklyn 99, Friends, Scrubs, Parks and Recreation

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