Apr 20, 2023
I had the pleasure of discussing The Couch (S6E5) with the brilliant Lucy Rivers, a scholar who has studied female characters in sitcoms throughout television history. Our conversation covers a wide range of topics and I loved exploring her thoughts on so many things I totally nerd out on when watching scripted television. Be sure to follow Lucy on Instagram - @lucy_rivers_pgr.
References to facts mentioned by Lucy:
Rustad, G. C. and Schwind, K. H. (2017) 'The Joke That Wasn't Funny Anymore: Reflections on the Metamodern Sitcom', in van den Akker, R., Gibbons, A., & Vermeulen, T. (eds.) Metamodernism: Historicity, Affect and Depth After Postmodernism, London: Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd.
Sánchez Saura, R. (2019) 'BoJack Horseman, or the Exhaustion of Postmodernism and the Envisioning of a Creative Way Out', in Creativity Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 2: pp.291-300. DOI: https://dol.org/10.3846/cs.2019.10845