In recent years, the lines between comedy and drama have become increasingly blurred, at least in the television world. It’s not uncommon to see hourlong series that more closely resemble comedies and half-hour shows that are for all intents and purposes dramas. This current trend was kickstarted almost fifteen years ago with shows like Weeds and Desperate Housewives that, while being ostensibly comedies, often leaned more heavily toward the drama side of the coin. Demand for this type of series has only increased, and dramedy has become a surprising enduring and successful genre for female-led series. Just look at last year’s Emmy nominations — Fleabag, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Russian Doll each straddles that line and all were met with critical acclaim.
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Also add Dead to Me to that list. The series, created by Liz Feldman, is a (dark) comedy about grief. Two women meet in a therapy group for grieving spouses. Jen (Christina Applegate) lost her husband after a hit-and-run while Judy (Linda Cardellini) is mourning her fiancé who died of a heart attack. However, a dark twist towards the end of the pilot reveals a deeper connection between the two women and propels the story from a dramedy into something resembling a psychological thriller at times.
But the show’s main draw is its lead actresses. Applegate and Cardellini imbue their characters with such an emotional realness that it’s impossible not to root for them, even when they’re making terrible choices. The show, at its heart, is about female friendship, and there isn’t quite another relationship like it on television. Friendships can be messy, and Feldman and the writing staff uses that to their advantage.
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1 NEWSBROADCAST - VARIOUS SCREENS, VARIOUSPLACES 1
ANCHOR:
A “race war” has erupted at one of
the nation’s oldest and most
prestigious institutions.
Glued to this are our story’s subjects, who we meet in...
2 A SERIESOFSHOTS 2
TROY FAIRBANKS, 21, Black. He drags a brushthroughhisfingerwaves anxiously. The look of guilt is the only markofimperfection in his privileged and chiseled demeanor.
ANCHOR (O.S.)
Outrage over an “African American
Themed” partyorganized by
predominately whitestudentsofManchesterUniversity has resultedinrioting and property damages.
2A KURT FLETCHER, 21, white. No sympathy in his jadedblueeyes as he watches on an iPad in a lavishparlor room.
2A
ANCHOR (O.S.) (CONT’D)
Guests were invited to “liberate
their inner Negro, fry up chicken,
enjoy a sugarwaterconcoctionknown as Purpledrank and wearoversizedBarackObama T-shirts.”
2B COLANDREACONNERS (COCO), 20, Black with blue contactsadjusts the straightbangs of her weave to better see thesmallTV in her dorm. A smirk on her glossy pink lips.
2B
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ANCHOR (CONT’D)
Officials claim an investigationisunderway to find thoseresponsiblefor the event and subsequent riot.
2C SAMANTHAWHITE (SAM) 21, records the broadcast in an 2C
edit bay. Despite her light skin, the Afro pick in her fropompadourleaveslittledoubt she identifies as Black.
ANCHOR (CONT’D)
In an effort to address diversityissues, the schoolappointedAfricanAmericanscholar Dr. Walter
Fairbanks as Dean of Students.
2D LIONEL HIGGINS, 20, Black, watchesthrough dark rimmed 2D
glasses in a bustlingindifferentDining Hall. A guiltpainshisotherwiseboyish face.
2.
ANCHOR (CONT’D)
Last year the Dean’s office
celebrated slightgains in diverse
applicants but with many now
calling for Fairbanks' resignation,
that may have been pre-mature.
2E
DEAN WALTER FAIRBANKS, a well adornedBlack man in his 2E
50’s fights a panic as he watches in a stately office.
ANCHOR (CONT’D)
Up next, a cat that loves to water
ski? That and more after the break.
DEAN FAIRBANKS:
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How could this happen?
TITLE CARD:
FIVEWEEKS AGO
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EXT. MANCHESTERUNIVERSITY - DAY 3
This sprawlingimpressive mix of Colonial, Gothic and Modern
architecture is presented like a living brochure.
SUPERIMPOSE:
MANCHESTERUNIVERSITY - “NOSCE TE IPSUM”
As we cut through the living brochure, we’re presented with
groups and programs. TheirCRESTS and titles SUPERIMPOSED.
SERIES OFSHOTS - TOPACADEMIC PROGRAMS
3A
White kids with “Trump” blazers and glares - DESMOND 3A
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.
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3B
Kids with dark eye circles and unkempt hair standbefore 3B
the BINGSCHOOLOF HISTORY.
3C
A cluster of skinnyjeans and expressivehandsbefore the 3C
GOODMAN MEDIA SCHOOL. ONEBLACKKIDstands in the back.
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SAM (V.O.)
Dear White People. The minimum
requirement of Blackfriends needed
to not seem racist has just been
raised to two.
4
INT. STUDIOBOOTH - DAY 4
Samantha White (Sam) watches the campusthrough a one way
window with the cool but knowing gaze of someone much older.
She gets off on sensing and pushingbuttons - with a
subversive deliverystyle that boarders on deadpan.
SUPERIMPOSE:
SAMANTHA WHITE, SENIOR, VISUALANDNEW MEDIA
3.
SAM (CONT’D)
Sorry, but your weed man Tyrone
does not count.
She fades in JAZZ on her controlboard and leans back to
address a box of pamphletsizedbooksbearing the title
“EBONY AND IVY: A SURVIVAL GUIDE.” One by one she scribbles
her autograph on the books.
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EXT. ELLINGTONLIBRARY - DAY 5
SERIES OFSHOTS - NATIONALLYRENOWNEDSTUDENT GROUPS