Sunday, March 3, 2019

America Ferrera Says Everyone Deserves To See Themselves Reflected Onscreen

Ferrera, star of the How to Train Your Dragon series (movie and TV) and – relevant to this conversation – of Superstore, says, “The issues that we talk about on the show are timeless and completely relevant to what it means to be working-class in America. One of my favorite episodes has been the maternity-leave episode where Amy has to come back to work 48 hours after giving birth, which sounds like a ridiculous sitcom setup. And yet when the episode aired, I heard from so many women about how that was a reality for them.” – The New York Times



Article source here:Arts Journal

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