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Rom-coms are back, baby!
D.E.B.S.bombedwhen it was released.
Not even queer saint Holland Taylor could save it.
Hagel admires the jokes inD.E.B.S.,but she also responds to the unexpectedly tender love story.
Its a really lovely execution of that genre.
Why did you want to talk aboutD.E.B.S.
?I think its great.
Its fun and funny, and per your columns name, underrated.
It seems like when it came out, people kind of missed the emotional sincerity.
I dont know if thats the intended demographic.
Its a very sincere conversation, and very resonant to when youre first figuring out that youre gay.
The coexistence of those two things is so lovely.
You get to have a really fun, silly time, but its underscored with real human feelings.
At the same time, you get to explore real human feelings without it tipping over into maudlin.
The movie is really insightful.
Its a really beautiful line.
And right after that, the SWAT team raids the lair.
Its literally called the Evil Lair.
How hard is it to find a queer comedy and not a queer tragedy?Its the hardest thing.
If you have one you think I should see, kindly tell me about it.
Its really fun in that way.
Like Lucys idea, when she gets mad, is that shes gonna blow up Australia.
Or how do we create a moment that can bear a little bit of sincerity?
I think that may be part of what I really respond to in this movie.
What do you feel the role of news comedy, political comedy, is right now?
You kind of cant do those things on purpose.
The most you could do is be honest and see what happens after that.
I was relieved this movie was as kind as it was.
Right in that danger zone of could be fine, could have aged terribly.
I was talking before about wanting a movie thats not about someone coming out.
Its a nice little time capsule of that period.
Like how its eventually revealed that the reason shes a spy is because shes so adept at closeting herself.
Its her superpower.I love it.
I love when a movie just says the thing.
And thats really a moment for that:Youre really good at lying.
Do you want to do more of that?
Or do you wanna go to art school in Barcelona?
I like getting to use those two muscles, which to me feel very different.
Im not always right.
I do my best.
And more opportunities for music.Right.
Im probably writing the wordsingsin parentheses a lot.
How did the show come to be so musical?Really organically.
Amber just loves to sing.
She writes a lot of songs.
I think its just a part of how she processes the news.
Is that just a product of one being weekly and the other nightly?
Or where did that come from?Maybe, but I think its also just a choice we made.
Its interesting to all of us on staff.
He would do these long threads about little-known parts of Black history.
One day, Amber said, Huh.
What if we did that on our show?
So I think its less about what one show can or cannot sustain.
All of Ambers show is shaped by her genuine interests and the interests of the writing staff.
It tickled us because its such a nonsense approach.
And the Lee press-on nails were really just the icing on the cake.
People dont think enough about nail acting.Thank you for finally saying it.
I get excited and see Amber every minute of every day of every week.
I think about that sometimes when we tape.
The experience is what we want, not necessarily just the finished product you watch on Peacock.
The experience in the room together is what makes it special.
