Enlightened is TV’s best show right now—and it needs more viewers. Written by
Mike White (
School of Rock and
Freaks and Geeks, among others) and starring Laura Dern (also the show's
co-creator, Luke Wilson, Diane Ladd, and Timm Sharp (aka
Marshall from Undeclared), the show has also seen an impressive line-up of guest directors, including Jonathan Demme (
The Silence of the Lambs), Phil Morrison (
Junebug), James Bobin (
Flight of the Conchords), and Todd Haynes (
I'm Not There). The show's range is astonishing – it depicts its main character as
cringeworthily oblivious, yet also lets her deliver monologues which are
unusually sincere for a comedy; some of its characters are
ridiculous and absurd, while others are capable of
deep melancholy.
Mike White talks to Interview Magazine about creating Enlightened before its premiere; a year later,
he talks to Indiewire about why people have such a hard time sympathizing with Amy.
posted by Rory Marinich
on Feb 27, 2013 -
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