在“疯狂的前女友”的倒数第二集中，它在4月5日星期五播出了其系列的赛事，一个小角色队伍从长期的百老汇展示了一捆着百老汇的葡萄酒展示，以眨眼为止拖鞋只会欣赏时间。“尽管大规模的批评称赞，但它是CW音乐斗士中的许多自我意识的赛车之一，这花了整个竞争对手的生活。（在四个四季中的三个赛季中，它在常规航行网络展中持续到死亡。）
The series’ failure to catch on with viewers is all the more notable for its very of-the-moment approach to drawing them in. Co-creator, songwriter and star Rachel Bloom got her start making musical comedy videos on YouTube, where each new addition to the show’s songbook — more than 150 clips in all — was posted for instant gratification right after airing. The songs also made it to Spotify and Apple Music, where listeners could stream them the next day; over on Netflix, episodes were made fully available just a week or two after each season’s finale. But the added exposure never led to a ratings bump.
在任何其他时代的电视中，“疯狂的前女友”不会让它过去或第二季。但CW对该展会的长期承诺突出了电视业务发生了多少。昨天的批判性感，不公正地取消，最终被遗忘的牌抛出了今天的疯狂影响力“萤火虫”或“被捕的发展”，从新一代粉丝们对流媒体服务的重复看法。长期现金唯一希望维持某种恋情的日子已经一去不复返了。现在，即使是一个欠款20-或50集的奇迹可以在流入收入数十年中运输，也许拿起一个团聚的电影（“Deadwood”），一个有限的系列复兴（“Gilmore Girls”）或两者（“Veronica Mars”）一路上。
将来的未来思维态度是欢迎新闻，以便在他们的时间提出，这是一个“疯狂的前女友”在许多层面上遇到的分类。虽然许多较老的观众将秀的音乐弯曲写着，虽然是顶层的乐观弯曲，年轻人吃了。在“汉密尔顿”时代，这是有道理的，年轻人对音乐剧的胃口似乎在长期下降后再次成长。“Frozen” and “Moana” mania have fully revived the animated musical tradition that nearly died off during Pixar’s 2000s golden era, while the stage musical “Be More Chill,” unheralded in its 2015 regional-theater debut, became such a viral teen phenomenon online that it’s now doing a successful Broadway run.
“疯狂的前任”问题的多样性的方法，2015年首次首选的异常值，也在缴纳股息。它施放了一个亚裔美国人（湾区本地人Vincent Rodriguez III）在“疯狂的富亚洲人”来到现场之前三年来它的浪漫主义领导。另外两名主要演员是西班牙裔，第三个是双人。虽然大多数表演可能会在LGBTQ +频谱上突出一个人，但“疯狂的前任”船员拥有两个同性恋和三个双性恋字符。对于即将到来的多元化观众 - 基于当前统计数据，Gen Z仅为52％的白色，66％的异性 - 该节目可以在其他网络中提供需要的腭裂清洁剂，基本上是直的，白色的背面目录。
最异常，“疯狂的前任”并不害怕在心理健康上转动喜剧镜头，这是一个很长时间在电视上的耸人听闻和禁忌之间的主题。The show’s biggest creative influence is cognitive-behavioral therapy, and its story arc is intended to function as a kind of counseling by proxy, following Bloom’s smart but troubled protagonist Rebecca as she overcomes her toxic parents, crushing workaholism and cultural messaging about how women (and romance) should be on the road to personal growth and self-acceptance.
许多节目的歌曲为社会焦虑，自由性和清醒等艰难的主题带来了漫画亮度。最近的一个词项标题为“抗抑郁药是如此不是很大的事。”With Millennials recently labeled the “therapy generation” amid rising rates of depression and anxiety, yet struggling to afford treatment in a broken health care system, it’s easy to picture an entertainment landscape where “Must-See CBT” takes off, with “Crazy Ex” looming large as its intellectual godparent.
已经是，展示的影响力的影响力蔓延到其他网络。NBC最近订购了一个音乐喜剧飞行员，“Zoey的非凡播放列表”，其中一个明亮但陷入困境的女主角有助于通过歌曲解决别人的情绪困境。(One of its leads is Skylar Astin, a main cast member in “Crazy Ex’s” final season.) Netflix’s coming “Mixtape” will offer a musical take on romance in present-day Los Angeles — in whose suburbs “Crazy Ex” is set — while Apple’s upcoming streaming service will offer “Little Voice,” a show about “the universal journey of finding your authentic voice in your 20s” with songs from Grammy-nominated Broadway tunesmith Sara Bareilles.
Of course, none of that means that “Crazy Ex” is destined for immortality, especially since, unlike “Be More Chill” or its fellow teen Broadway smash “Dear Evan Hansen,” it’s centered on the struggles of a complex and often unlikable woman. (The showrunners are all too aware that sexism has been a factor in their struggles; zoom in on those valuable vintage Playbills, and you’ll notice they’re for shows titled “A Girl Can Tap-Dance” and “A Lady’s Tale.”)
But in a business that’s largely been defined by instant financial gratification, networks taking an eye to what “appreciates over time” is a very big deal for the low-rated but impactful shows of the now, and the remarkable new shows they might inspire 10 years from now. I hope all of them will be as brave, original and powerful as “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.”