Liz Meriwether is a name that you should be familiar with by now. Not only is she the creator and writer of the new hit Fox comedy series New Girl, but she also wrote the feature No Strings Attached. What prevails in both her works are the cleverly humorous lines to women characters, and her insight into the insecurities and emotions of male characters. She does it a very choreographed way, laced with punch lines so it isn’t as heavy as it may come off.
Female creators, and writers have been rising up this past season, however I wanted to highlight this series due to the character represented by Ms. Zooey Deschanel. She has sadly become someone easy to hate. She is the perfect representation of that hipster girl that never gave you attention, or broke your heart, or you are simply sick of seeing her only ever be that doe eyed Zooey Deschanel. We (myself included) easily forget that we glamorize classic actresses for merely playing that same ol’ role. A perfect example the adored Audrey Hepburn. She was always that sad long necked set aside book-wise young woman, and we now honor her for it. So, why is it hard for us to rejoice when a subculture woman figure is being portrayed today? Hepburn was always that beatnik wisdom filled girl that dreamt of Paris, and now Zooey is hated for being musically inclined, and a nerd. It is time we put aside our own baggage about that 1960s haircut girl that was a bitch to us.
In all honesty, New Girl took me a couple episodes to really get into it. Then I found it shocking and uplifting to see a woman portrayed on network television that spent an evening watching intense internet porn. To see a woman act like Jim Carrey from the mask while getting back into the dating field, she makes references to Lord Of The Rings,and . She is just as funny and borderline annoying as Jerry Lewis, I say that in the most high of respect. Jess is what she is, with no apologies. In episode one she says “I guess I can’t hide the crazy.” She is a great role model for young girls to be as nerdy as they want to be.
New Girl, a show created by a talented woman, and starring a talented woman.You should give it a try.
