5/27/2023 0 Comments New tina fey comedyCreator and writer Meredith Scardino knows that Hollywood usually treats every woman over 30 as if they’re all the same age, calls it out, and turns it into a savagely funny gag and a killer stroke of casting. Just eight minutes in, Girls5eva blasts society’s preconceptions about women in their forties, setting the tone for the series to come. Pell doesn’t do the same, which makes her entrance nothing short of glorious. Much of the opening episode provides backstory, incorporating clips from Girls5eva’s heyday, with Bareilles, Philipps and Goldsberry playing the 20-year-old versions of their characters. Dawn (Bareilles), Summer (Philipps), Wickie (Goldsberry) and Gloria (Pell) haven’t always kept in touch since, and only cross paths now because their royalty cheques will be thrown away if Dawn doesn’t deliver them. Two decades have passed since the titular act soared up the charts, then sunk just as fast. This comedy has an irresistible hook, but it also knows how to make its catchy beats pack a punch. Also gleaming brighter than a Grammy: singer Sara Bareilles, Hamilton Tony-winner Renée Elise Goldsberry, Dawson’s Creek and Cougar Town alum Busy Philipps, and AP Bio scene-stealer Paula Pell, who play the ex-pop idols. That’s the premise of new Tina Fey-produced series Girls5eva -and it’s pure sitcom gold. After the surviving members of a turn-of-the-century girl group learn that a popular rapper has sampled their only hit, they decide to give stardom another shot.
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