Its situational dilemmas, fierce character archetypes and
screwball sensibility toward gender roles seem fitting for an early 90s sitcom.
«Part of the pleasure of having
a screwball sensibility in the house was that you get to have all these fully formed crazy characters that just — you're suddenly existing with all of them at once,» Gerwig said.
The best way to support Brooke's outsized personality and big - time ambition proved to be a nimble narrative that switches things up halfway through the film's snappy 84 - minute runtime, when the film transitions from a more traditional comedy to one that firmly nods to
screwball sensibilities.
Not exact matches
It sounds right in Bogdanovich's
screwball wheelhouse — with a bit of Woody Allen «s «Mighty Aphrodite» and «Bullets Over Broadway» thrown in — and given the talent in front and behind the camera, it seems to fit everyone's
sensibilities perfectly.