Being a shambolic 20-something isn’t just a guy thing. Jeremy Olds talks to the stars of a critically acclaimed female ‘buddy-comedy’ newly arrived on New Zealand screens.
It’s tough work, being a total loser. For Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, it has taken years of rejection, persistence, and the involvement of a comedy-megastar to reach the point where they can make a living as complete failures.
Now, playing characters of the same name, they happily fill their days cleaning a fetishist’s apartment in their knickers, buying weed from a child, and gobbling shellfish despite being violently allergic.
Jacobson and Glazer are the creators, writers and stars of Broad City, one of television’s most popular and irreverent new comedies. The on-screen Abbi and Ilana are two shambolic, 20-something, pot-smoking best friends living in New York. “We’re Just 2 Jewesses Tryin’ To Make A Buck,” Ilana types in the season premiere.
