After ‘The Good Place,’ Ted Danson advised DarcyCarden to do “something as different from Janet as humanly possible.” Then Abbi Jacobson came calling.
exclaims. It’s a blisteringly hot August afternoon, and the actor’s escaping the heat by taking a casual tour through the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection of baseball cards. She points at one featuring two women inAbbi Jacobsona spirited TV remake of the classic film. Taking its cues from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, founded in 1943, thefollows a group of young women as they pursue their passion for the sport amid critiques of their femininity.
At one point, they had to write scripts for commercials, and Jacobson’s fell flat. “The teacher just didn’t get it,” Carden says. “I remember going home to my studio apartment in Hell’s Kitchen and saying to my boyfriend, ‘There’s this girl, Abbi, and she’s so funny, and she’s so weird. It’s just so different, and no one willknow, because no one sees her in that class.’” She laughs and shakes her head. “And of course, that’s hilarious now, because she’s been seen and loved by the world.
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