SO... yesterday in class we met up in groups to discuss with our classmates about our projects and bounce ideas off of each other. I have to say it went pretty well it was really helpful to see the others ideas and to get constructive criticism from them to better each of our projects.
I purposed to them the idea Mariana and I had of depicting a rich girl who had it all and suddenly lost it all when her dad was arrested for being in illegal business negotiations, so she has to find a way to make money on her own. One of the group members told me to be careful because it sounded very similar to the plot of the show 2 Broke Girls and since I had never watched it she told me to do some research on it to make sure it wasn't the same idea. So, I read about it on the CBS website and its a comedy about an unlikely friendship that develops between Max Black and Caroline Channing. They are two completely opposite young women who meet waitressing at a diner in Brooklyn. Max is sarcastic, street-smart while Caroline is sophisticated, school-smart and daughter of man who was caught up in a Wall Street scandal. Although they are strikingly different, they form a bond over one day owning their own cupcake business. The only set back is that they are broke, so throughout the show the audience sees how they overcome their obstacles and bond. After researching and watching a little bit of the first episode I realized I had nothing to really worry about. We do want to mix a bit of Comedy and perhaps a little Romance in our film, but we our main genre is Drama/Coming-of-Age. This show focuses on exaggerating the characters based on their socio-economic status and displaying stereotypes while we are trying to avoid that. I understand the concern that we also want our story to be about a rich girl who ends up poor and working at a fast-food restaurant because her father was caught in illegal business negotiations, but its much more than just that statement. We really want to depict how this girl's world turns upside down and has to swallow her pride and face the real world and work for a living. Since this girl is seventeen years old, at the peak of adolescence, and has had everything she has ever wanted this situation changes her life completely. She actual has to worry about school and her future rather than just waiting for everything to be handed to her. On the other hand, the show 2 Broke Girls is about how the two girls from different socio-economic statuses bond and eventually create their cupcake business.
Well that was it for today... We are filming tomorrow!
About 2 Broke Girls - TV Show Information. (n.d.). Retrieved March 22, 2017, from http://www.cbs.com/shows/2_broke_girls/about/
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