Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ended its first season this past Monday on a high note. The show, created by Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna, stars Bloom as the titular ex-girlfriend, Rebecca Bunch. After running into a high school ex-boyfriend with whom she remains infatuated, Rebecca impulsively decides to move from New York City to West Covina, …
From exploring depression on BoJack Horseman to ideas around happiness, anxiety, and life choices in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, television has found ways to tell stories about people living with a mental illness that doesn’t see them just as their struggle or their diagnosis.
Comedic singer Rachel Bloom has been a familiar face on the internet for a number of years, garnering a reputation for unexpectedly oddball songs that work in both a comedic and musical context. Fans of Bloom were glad to learn that she’d gotten a television show deal with Showtime, an excitement that was first crushed …