At first glance, Freeform's The Bold Type might come across as a series of cliches. The feel-good Summer dramedy produced by former Cosmopolitan editor in chief Joanna Coles follows 20-somethings Jane Sloan (Katie Stevens), Kat Edison (Aisha Dee), and Sutton Brady (Meghann Fahy) as they attempt to navigate their blossoming careers at Scarlet (a Cosmo-esque magazine) while also dealing with the pitfalls of dating in NYC. We've heard that song and dance before, right? Yes. But we've also never seen it done like this.
While The Bold Type does go down a path that's been well-trodden by other stilettoed feet, the show remains fresh, smart, and completely charming. With each episode, it admirably bucks the tired tropes we've seen in stories like this before with ease: the dragon-like Hbic, backstabbing female coworkers, worn-out love triangles. In their place is a relatable story about three women who are doing their damn best,...
While The Bold Type does go down a path that's been well-trodden by other stilettoed feet, the show remains fresh, smart, and completely charming. With each episode, it admirably bucks the tired tropes we've seen in stories like this before with ease: the dragon-like Hbic, backstabbing female coworkers, worn-out love triangles. In their place is a relatable story about three women who are doing their damn best,...
- 6/10/2018
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Freeform’s breakout series The Bold Type will kick off its second season next week. Before that, stars Nikohl Boosheri, Aisha Dee and Meghann Fahy and showrunner Amanda Lasher made a stop in Austin on Day 3 of the Atx Television Festival to discuss the show’s ongoing themes of positive female and Lgbtq representation.
“For me, it was really just continuing the things that everybody loved and responded to on the show which was this female friendship and seeing women support each other and not pitting women against each other,” said Lasher, who replaced Season 1 showrunner Sarah Watson.
“Sometimes women are pitted against each other” and “you think that you have to be competitive in order to succeed,” added Fahy. “One of the really important stories we’re trying to tell on the show is that can lift someone else up and also lift yourself up.”
Another carryover from the...
“For me, it was really just continuing the things that everybody loved and responded to on the show which was this female friendship and seeing women support each other and not pitting women against each other,” said Lasher, who replaced Season 1 showrunner Sarah Watson.
“Sometimes women are pitted against each other” and “you think that you have to be competitive in order to succeed,” added Fahy. “One of the really important stories we’re trying to tell on the show is that can lift someone else up and also lift yourself up.”
Another carryover from the...
- 6/9/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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