I will forever be indebted to the people who-first of all, Jason Mantzoukas, Judy Greer, they did the presentation. It’s not big jokes on a page, it’s all sort of timing, and breath, and reaction shots, and that kind of stuff.
You have to see the tone and what I’m talking about. I knew I wanted to do this kind of show, and it’s not the kind of show that’s easy to explain with a sexy logline. This one, I was like, “I want to shoot something.” So I shot a 14-minute presentation, then shopped that around and sold the show based on a presentation. In the past, all the things I’ve done have been development deals-written scripts, pitched it, sold it, then wrote it. They’ve got lots of different things that start coming into their world and introducing them to stuff you can’t control.ĭid you write the show on spec, or did it come from a development deal? Oh yeah, they’ve got friends, music, TV shows, movies. They’re also starting to take in external information, from outside of you and your family.
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That was sort of the age when I started to get questions like, “How does a baby come out of your body?” They start saying things like noticing color of skin and differences with people and all of that. Dealing with their upsets and their feelings being hurt and confusion-so much more complicated the older they get. You think about how hard the first two years are, when you get past that, you’re like, “Oh, that was just hard in that you’re trying to keep a being alive, and you’re really not sleeping much.” Now you’re actually helping form a human being’s respect for the world and understanding of the world and how they will be part of a community and their self-confidence. That’s the age when parenting starts to get harder, in many, many ways. What made you choose that age for the daughter character? Other than that, I don’t really pull stuff, other than little conversations, but it would never be anything that would be embarrassing for her-or awkward for me. She’s like, “It’s so weird that I would have ever thought that or said that.” You know, that kind of thing. Those have been huge conversations in our house. The stories with her are things that happened when she was much younger, like four or five, that my daughter thinks are funny now, things we’ve discussed, like the color of your skin, and all that stuff. I don’t like to do that in my comedy in general, and I don’t do that in life, so that’s been a big focus, just making sure it’s never mean-spirited. I’m never taking the piss out of anybody. Even in the pilot, the woman who was the ex-porn star, truly she’s the most lovely, down-to-earth person in the show. They also know what parts are the kernels of truth and what parts have been exaggerated to make a slightly more interesting story. For the most part, I have very good relationships with my friends and family. I tend to come from a place where I try to do the right thing. I like to think my humor doesn’t come from a mean place.
How do you balance being personal and autobiographical with managing people’s feelings and dealing with personal relationships in real life? You seem to touch on this in the show. Savage spoke with the Writers Guild of America West website about the initiative she took to put this show together on her own terms, her hope to create relatable subject matter and storylines, and the challenges of balancing a life in comedy with life in general. This everywoman story explores the challenges of balancing motherhood, marriage, career, family, and just generally trying to be a decent human being. In creating this series, Savage has unapologetically taken the reins of her career and put forth her unique, yet universal, vision of what it means to be a mom right now an honest, authentic depiction of modern life and parenting. I’m Sorry is a personal, semi-autobiographical portrait of “Andrea,” managing her life as a comedy writer, wife, daughter, mother, sister, friend, and person. The half-hour comedy’s first season wraps on September 6 and the show was recently renewed for a second on truTV.
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Or maybe not sadly, after all, because all those experiences in development hell have led her to this moment, with her own series as creator and lead performer, I’m Sorry. A former member of the Groundlings improv comedy troupe, she has also been busy writing, developing a number of pilots which sadly never made it to air. If you’ve been watching comedies on TV ( Veep, The Hotwives of Orlando and Las Vegas, Funny or Die Presents…) or in film ( Step Brothers, Dinner for Schmucks, The House) in the last decade or so, she was there. I’m very unapologetic about my comedy in general, and I never apologize for who I am comedically.
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