Many things have changed about the new TruTV scripted series Those Who Can’t in the four years since it was created by the three-man comedy troupe the Grawlix as a pilot for Amazon, but one in particular was crucial to the success of the show, and is instructive for all other male creative teams: They figured out the girl. Speaking last week with Vulture’s Jesse David Fox at a screening of the show, which debuts on February 11 and follows the misadventures of a group of bumbling high-school teachers, the two attending Grawlix, Andrew Overdahl and Adam Cayton-Holland (Ben Roy was the absent troupe member), recalled how they approached their female character when making the Amazon pilot. “We were like, it’s a TV show, you have to have a love interest,” said Cayton-Holland. “That’s how it works, right?” That character became Abbey Logan, the high-school librarian. The...
- 1/20/2016
- by Elizabeth Logan
- Vulture
Those Who Can’t is truTV’s first scripted series. The half hour comedy follows three trouble-making teachers, played by show creators Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy of the Denver-based comedy troupe The Grawlix. Maria Thayer stars alongside the trio as Abbey Logan, Smoot High's librarian with a serious sweet tooth. In anticipation of the premiere on February 11th at 10:30/9:30c, truTV has given us two episodes of the hilarious show to check out for yourself here! Pilot: The Boys Are Coming TogetherLady and the Skamp...
- 1/15/2016
- Vulture
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