Crazy Ex-Girlfriend centers on the protagonist Rebecca Bunch; a Harvard educated lawyer who quits her role as a lawyer in a top New York firm, to follow her high school infatuation, Josh Chan back to his hometown of West Covina, California. Rachel Bloom is brilliant as Bunch, who is also the shows co-creator. The show is generously peppered with outlandish and dramatic musical interludes, which sees Bloom and her supporting cast sings an array of ludicrous and comical songs. Bloom’s portrayal of a ‘crazy ex-girlfriend’ is borderline brilliant, being both creepy and endearing at the same time. The choices her character makes in the show seem foolish, however the viewer is left with a deep seeded yearning for her to ‘get the guy’, even though she needs to obliterate a relationship to get there. The sub-plot of the man the show suggests she ‘should’ be with, but is far too boring for her, keeps the shows momentum racing right until the end of the second season. Blooms character seems to draw inspiration from Tina Fey’s ‘Liz Lemon’ and Amy Poelher’s ‘Leslie Knope’, whilst also forging a unique approach to the traditional comedy television series. The show has received positive reviews, with a rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes for the second season. Being a Netflix binge-o-holic, I devoured both seasons in a very short amount of time, and I cannot wait for the third season to arrive.
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