Broad City
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Broad City |
| Original title | Broad City |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2014-2019 |
| Production company |
Paper Kite Productions |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 50 in 5 seasons |
| genre | Sitcom |
| Theme music | Latino & Proud |
| idea |
Ilana Glazer , Abbi Jacobson |
| music | DJ Raff |
| First broadcast | January 22nd, 2014 (USA) on Comedy Central |
| German-language first broadcast |
July 12th, 2015 on Comedy Central |
| occupation | |
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Broad City is an American sitcom that will air on Comedy Central from January 22, 2014 to March 28, 2019 . The series was created by Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson , who also star in the lead roles. It is derived from the two web series of the same name , which was produced between 2009 and 2011. Amy Poehler , who also appeared in the web series finale, is one of the executive producers . The German premiere took place on July 12, 2015 on Comedy Central . The third season premiered in the US between February and April 2016. The fourth season first aired in the United States between September and December 2017. The fifth season first aired in the United States between January and March 2019.
action
The plot follows two Jewish girls in their twenties who have to endure everyday mishaps between carelessness and frivolity in the jungle of the big city of New York City . Ilana tries to avoid work as much as possible and in doing so to act out her relentless hedonism , while Abbi strives for a career as a graphic designer and is repeatedly involved in her friend's antics.
characters
main characters
Ilana Wexler
Ilana is a 22-year-old slacker and marijuana enthusiast who lives out her self-centered antics without being perturbed by the reactions of others. She works for an inconspicuous sales company called Deals Deals Deals , but where she hardly performs and often takes hours of breaks. She is disregarded by her employees because of her lazy attitude, but her submissive boss Derek leaves her employed. She lives with the immigrant Jaimé and has a sexual relationship with her and Abbis friend Lincoln - a dentist. Although Ilana claims, to Lincoln's displeasure, that the relationship is purely physical, she often shows caring feelings for him. Compared to her best friend Abbi, Ilana is a free spirit and sexually more open, but each of her escapades has unforeseen consequences that always affect Abbi, who is reluctantly drawn into Ilana's plans.
Abbi Abrams
Abbi is a 25 year old who works as a simple supervisor at a gym called Soulstice . She hates her job and thinks of herself well enough to be a coach. She also strives for a career as an artist and dreams of leaving the fitness center and being able to make a living from art. Abbi tries to find a balance between responsibility and independence and at the same time to be freedom-loving like Ilana. Your roommate is never seen, but has a parasitic friend (Bevers) who is always around. Abbi is in love with her neighbor Jeremy, but manages to embarrass herself every time she meets him. Like her best friend, she is not averse to smoking weed, but does so less often.
Minor characters
- Dr. Lincoln Rice is a successful pediatric dentist with whom Ilana has a sexual relationship. He has romantic feelings for Ilana and wants to take their relationship to the next level, but is unsuccessful. He's a fun, easygoing guy who loves to play games and tell jokes to his patients. He has a loyal friendship with Abbi .
- Matt Bevers is Abbis' friend (absent from all sides). He's a messy, disgusting parasite and a constant nuisance to Abbi. Nevertheless, every now and then he is shown with a friendly, sensitive side.
- Jeremy Santos is Abbi's neighbor across the hall. He is polite and easy-going, but his mere presence leads Abbi to nervous, uncontrolled behavior.
- Jaime Castro is Ilana drug deal forming , gay roommate. Jaimé is a Venezuelan immigrant who shows extreme guilt towards his friends, even for minor offenses.
- Trey is Abbi's boss at Soulstice . He is an avid health and fitness fan. Although a nice guy in himself, he doesn't notice Abbi's enthusiasm for a coaching position and orders her to do menial jobs - running gags include removing pubic hair or vomit from the locker room.
- Derek is Ilana's boss at the sales company. He acts very half-heartedly when dealing with Ilana's lack of commitment and often makes a submissive impression.
- Nicole is an employee of Ilana who takes her job very seriously and secretly documents Ilana's office missteps.
occupation
The German synchronization is being carried out on behalf of the Berlin company Level 45 GmbH .
| Role name | actor | Voice actor | Main role (episode) |
Supporting role (episode) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilana Wexler | Ilana Glazer | Maria Hönig | 1.01-3.10 | |
| Abbi Abrams | Abbi Jacobson | Shanti Chakraborty | 1.01-3.10 | |
| Dr. Lincoln Rice | Hannibal Buress | Tobias Schmidt | 1.01-3.10 | |
| Matt Bevers | John Gemberling | 1.01-3.10 | ||
| Jeremy Santos | Stephen Schneider | 1.01-3.10 | ||
| Jaimé Castro | Arturo Castro | Daniel Montoya | 1.01-3.10 | |
| Trey | Paul W. Downs | 1.01-3.10 | ||
| Derek | Chris Gethard | 1.01-3.10 | ||
| Nicole | Nicole Drespel | Peggy Pollow | 1.01-3.10 |
Guest appearances
- Fred Armisen as David, a man who acts like a talking baby so that Abbi and Ilana don't have to pay for a bizarre cleaning job (Season 1, Episode 1)
- Rachel Dratch as Linda Lodi, owner of a temporary employment agency Ilana hires (Season 1, Episode 3)
- Janeane Garofalo as Monica, the vet who asks Ilana for help (Season 1, Episode 3)
- Steven Ogg as the Creepy Locksmith (Season 1, Episode 4)
- Matt L. Jones and Jason Mantzoukas as two mediocre DJs who are accompanied to their apartment by Abbi and Ilana (Season 1, Episode 5)
- Shannon O'Neill as Marla Bevers, Matt's Eccentric Sister (Season 1, Episode 7)
- Amy Sedaris as Pam, a wacky real estate agent looking for an apartment for Abbi (season 1, episode 9)
- Amy Poehler as Cheryl, cook in the fine restaurant where the friends celebrate Abbi's birthday (season 1, episode 10)
- Seth Morris as John, a waiter in the same restaurant. He's an unhappy relationship with Cheryl (Season 1, Episode 10)
- Seth Rogen as Male Stacy, Abbi's "Hot and Sweaty" Date (Season 2, Episode 1)
- Kumail Nanjiani as Benny Calitri (Season 2, Episode 1)
- Susie Essman and Bob Balaban as Ilana's parents, Bobbi and Arthur Wexler (Season 2, Episode 4)
- Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio as an employee of a record store (Season 2, Episode 6)
- Kimiko Glenn as a grumpy clerk in a thrift store (Season 2, Episode 8)
- Kelly Ripa as herself, attending a charity event where Abbi and Ilana take care of the cloakroom (season 2, episode 9)
- Alia Shawkat as Adele (Season 2, Episode 9)
- Aidy Bryant and Connor O'Malley as the annoying couple and acquaintances of Abbi and Ilana (season 2, episode 10)
- Leo Fitzpatrick as Timothy, a man who steals Abbi's bag (Season 2, Episode 10)
- Patricia Clarkson as Timothy's mother (Season 2, Episode 10)
- Vanessa Williams as Elizabeth Carlton (Season 3, Episode 3)
- Tony Danza as Abby's father Mr. Abrams (Season 3, Episode 6)
Charisma
| Season | Episodes | First broadcast (USA) | Channel | German premiere | Channel |
| 1 | 10 | January 22, 2014 - March 26, 2014 | Comedy Central | July 12, 2015 - September 6, 2015 | Comedy Central Germany |
| 2 | 10 | January 14, 2015 - March 18, 2015 | Comedy Central | January 31, 2016 - March 27, 2016 | Comedy Central Germany |
| 3 | 10 | February 17, 2016 - April 20, 2016 | Comedy Central | September 16, 2016 - October 14, 2016 | Comedy Central Germany |
| 4th | 10 | September 13, 2017 - December 6, 2017 | Comedy Central | Comedy Central Germany | |
| 5 | 10 | January 24, 2019 - March 28, 2019 | Comedy Central | Comedy Central Germany |
production
Glazer and Jacobson met at the Upright Citizens Brigade , an improvisation and sketch comedy group. In February 2010 they started their own web series, which became a hit with the public. Amy Poehler became aware of the series and became the producer of the TV series. When Glazer and Jacobson wrote the pilot What a Wonderful World , their characters were Evelyn Wexler and Carly Abrams, but they ended up using their real first names, Ilana and Abbi. The two subsequently acted as screenwriters and wrote about half of all episodes in the first two seasons.
reception
Reviews
The online aggregator Metacritic certified season one largely positive reviews ("generally favorable reviews") with a score of 75 out of 100, based on 14 reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , the first season achieved a rating of 96% with the consensus “From its talented producers to its clever writing and superb leads, Broad City boasts an uncommonly fine pedigree.” (“From its talented producers to its clever script and the Broad City can boast of an unusually fine pedigree. ”). The AV Club critic Caroline Framke wrote that Broad City , despite its "well-trodden premise," was worth seeing. In addition, the series is said to be of "remarkable self-control", even in its first episode. The same website named Broad City's first season the second best TV series of the year in 2014.
The Wall Street Journal already referred to the show in its online edition as "Sneak Attack Feminism" (" feminist surprise attack"). Critic Megan Angelo quoted Abbi Jacobson: “If you watch one of our episodes, there's not a big message, but if you watch all of them, I think, they're empowering to women.” (“If you watch one of our episodes, is not a big statement, but in sum, I believe, they are a strengthening of women. ").
Entertainment Weekly's Karen Valby found the show to be "deeply weird, weirdly sweet and completely hilarious comedy" ("very bizarre, weirdly cute and hilarious"). Despite the good reviews, only an average of 914,000 viewers were interested in the start of series production.
The reviews for season two were even better. On Metacritic this achieved a value of 89 out of 100, which means "universal acclaim". At Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of the reviews it received were positive. The consensus is “Led by two of the funniest women on TV, Broad City uses its stars' vibrant chemistry to lend an element of authenticity to the show's chaotic yet enlightening brand of comedy” (“Led by two of the funniest women on TV, uses Broad City uses the vibrant chemistry of its performers to give authenticity to the show's chaotic but enlightening comedy brand. ”).
The New Yorker introduced the term "Id Girls" in connection with the two girls. This is a corruption of the It girl . "Id" is the English expression for Freud's "It" , which in psychoanalysis describes the unconscious, instinctual part of a person.
Broad Fucking City t-shirt incident
On March 23, 2015, college student Daniel Podolsky was evicted from a Southwest Airlines plane in St. Louis after a gatekeeper found his "Broad Fucking City" t-shirt offensive. He had received the t-shirt from Comedy Central as part of an SXSW event. The incident immediately hit the local media and was picked up by Glenn Beck's TheBlaze , which was followed by coverage of the BuzzFeed , CNN and Vice News websites . The viral spread culminated in the record as a Moment of Zen in The Daily Show . Ilana Glazer showed her sympathy by posting the tweet “I love you, daniel podolsky” along with a link to his story.
Awards and nominations
Critics' Choice Television Award
- 2014 : Nomination in the category Best Comedy Series
- 2014: Nomination in the category Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Ilana Glazer
- 2015 : Nomination in the category Best Comedy Series
- 2015: Nomination in the category Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Ilana Glazer
- 2015: Nomination in the category Best Guest Role in a Comedy Series for Susie Essman
Web links
- Broad City in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Official website at Comedy Central (English)
- Broad City at Comedy Central Germany
Individual evidence
- ↑ Breaking News - Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer's "Broad City" Comes to Comedy Central on Wednesday, January 22 at 10:30 PM ET / PT. TheFutonCritic.com, December 10, 2013, accessed August 8, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Caroline Framke: Broad City: 'What A Wonderful World'. The AV Club , January 22, 2014, accessed August 8, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Broad City. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on August 8, 2015 .
- ^ Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer: Script of the pilot episode "What a Wonderful World". Retrieved August 8, 2015 .
- ^ Metacritic: Broad City. Metacritic, accessed August 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes: Broad City, Season 1. Rotten Tomatoes , accessed August 9, 2015 .
- ^ The Best TV shows of 2014 (part 2). The AV Club, accessed August 9, 2015 .
- ^ Megan Angelo: Wall Street Journal: The Sneak Attack Feminism of Broad City . The Wall Street Journal , February 14, 2011, accessed August 9, 2015 .
- ^ Karen Valby: Entertainment Weekly: Broad City. Entertainment Weekly, accessed August 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Natalie Jarvey: Why TV Networks Are Interested in Adapting Online Series Again. The Hollywood Reporter , accessed August 9, 2015 .
- ^ Metacritic: Broad City 2. Metacritic.com, accessed August 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes: Broad City, Season 2. Rotten Tomatoes, accessed August 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Nick Paumgarten: ID GIRLS - The comedy couple behind "Broad City". The New Yorker , June 23, 2014, accessed August 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Ali Vingiano: This College Student Was Kicked Off A Plane For Wearing A "Broad City" T-Shirt. BuzzFeed , March 24, 2015, accessed June 3, 2020 .
- ^ Zach Noble: College Student Gets Kicked Off Flight After People Noticed What Was On His Shirt. (No longer available online.) The Blaze, March 24, 2015, archived from the original on August 9, 2015 ; accessed on August 9, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mike Pearl: Turns Out You Can Get Kicked off a Plane for Wearing a Shirt with the Word 'Fuck' on It. Vice , March 25, 2015, accessed August 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Ilana Glazer: "I love you, daniel podolsky". March 24, 2015, accessed August 9, 2015 .
