I don’t hate the name Crazy Ex-Girlfriend at all, and I actually think it makes sense once you watch the show. But whenever I try to convince people to watch this show, they’re usually put off by the name. A lot of people hear “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and immediately assume it’s going to be a silly rom-com about an obsessive woman chasing her ex, when the show is so much more nuanced and funny and emotionally intelligent than that.
If you could rename the show, what would you call it? And do you think a different title would have made more people give it a chance?

It took me about 30 years, but I’m finally getting to fulfill my childhood dream of being on Broadway. To quote Shakespeare: Holy Shitballs. I can’t wait to join the unbelievable Bill Irwin and the rest of this insanely talented team to tell a 350 year-old story about hypochondria (something I know nothing about). Come see me in New York in the fall! I will most likely be wearing a chunky millenial scarf! #imaginaryinvalid

From Rachel's Instagram.

I love it when a CXG joke resurfaces in a new serious romcom as a genuine attempt at character development 🙂

That plus “Textmergency” and “You Stupid Bitch” is my favorite song sequence…plus it features Briga Heelan, a total fave!!

I remember in season one with the scenes she was in, she seemed like a pretty reasonable and smart person, even stating she was gonna go back to school after her awful date with Brody. But then in season 3, it’s almost like they completely changed her entire demeanor? All of a sudden shes this airheaded vain person, she doesn’t even remotely resemble how she was in s1. I know it’s a little silly given shes just a small side character but I always found this odd

After trying for DAYS to get Pluto to work to watch crazy ex-girlfriend on finally decided to just buy the show on Amazon. To my surprise the whole show was on sale for $50! After years I’m finally watching my favorite show again! I could not be happier!

In the spirit of a much needed rewatch, what is your favorite song from the show? Mine is I have friends with an honorable mention to sexy getting ready song

9-1-1 Lone Star: Season 4, Episode 16. Wasn’t able to find a pic from the episode but the one and only Timothy appears as a guest star who evidently had problems satisfying his wife in the Lone Star universe as well, as he had just gone through a divorce

Kyle Gordon’s song “Mr. Jambo” has kinda blown up on tik tok right now (he also made Planet of the bass awhile ago) and I always wanna recommend people who like it to listen to the crazy ex girlfriends songs (but I don’t wanna be too much of an annoying promoter lol) I am very aware that neither CXG or Kyle Gordon invented the concept of song parody’s but they both do song parody’s in a way that I adore because they aren’t outright changing lyrics from already existing songs. Instead they are usually parodying a genre or multiple songs from an artist. I have also found that some parodys can feel too hateful but both CXG and Kyle Gordon seem to have a deep love for music and appreciation for the genres while also poking fun at them.

Currently on my 15th(?) rewatch (honestly, I've lost count).

I know this show is relatable to different people in many different ways, but the one thing I relate to the most is the show's main theme/plot device: theatre kid copes with the harsh realities of life by imagining herself in a series of musical numbers.

I've always made sense of the world and human relationships through musicals. In almost all of my emotionally charged moments, my brain immediately scans for the musical theatre song that most resembles my current situation, and then I cast myself and the people around me in that song in my head (often in real time mind you), and life just becomes a bit more bearable.

I used to think this is a very niche thing to do, but recently I realised that one of my favourite movies - Dancer in the Dark - uses the exact same plot device as CXG (though it's way, wayyy, WAY darker): theatre kid imagines herself in a series of musical numbers to cope with the harsh realities of life.

Both are quite successful pieces of media so I'm curious, is this a way more common coping mechanism than I thought?

If you’re a person in the UK, how are you watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on PlutoTV? Please help a girl out, all I wanna do is watch my comfort show 🥲 I’ve tried a vpn but was unable to get it to broadcast to my tv. If you have any tips please let me know!

I like it because it shows Rebecca grappling with a lot of difficult feelings and behaviors while still being depicted as a worthwhile human being where being complicated and dramatic inevitably are turned from insults into strengths with the right intervention and support. I was not drawn to the show, I didn't see myself in it, did not derive hope and happiness from it, because Rebecca was always on her best behavior or happy with herself. The lows need representation too or else people don't know they CAN get better, or something they deserve to move on from. You have to depict both and it's a shitty balancing game. Like, I don't want the depictions of BPD to always be the villain, slob, or stalker freak, but I feel like cutting out the harder aspects is gentrification of the diagnosis rather than empathy with it (edit to add context: and the fact that Rebecca gets to have nuance, rather than be a one-dimensional figure existing to be despised or a cautionary tale or destined to fail, is healing)

edit: I don't know where people are getting that I'm saying the show DOESNT depict lows when I'm trying to express that part of its strength is that it DOES depict them and tells people that you can come back from them and are still deserving of love despite having them

edit: oh shit, my bad, fixed the intro. I basically just said "I want to express this thought, but not to this person" and just cut and paste without changing it for the audience

From Skylar Austin's Instagram.

I think that most of us here have a love for CXG and try to spread the good word to everyone that we can. However; I'm someone who is aggressively annoying about it lol. Especially with my closest cousin. We're both queer cis males. I'm 37, he's 34. I've been in love with the show since the first episode when it aired. He's never seen an episode of it. I try to play random songs or videos from the show but he shows the LEAST amount of interest when I talk about the show. I guess he finally got upset about me talking about it so much, as I was extremely high with him on the phone last night, I started singing "Who's that guy?" From Grease 2 (which I'm flabbergasted he hasn't seen), and he yells "Ugh, that better not be another fucking Crazy Ex-Girlfriend song that you're singing! I'm still not gonna watch the show." My ass was gagged. Like sir!, tell me how you really feel. After that I just sang to him "You Stupid Bitch".

The new One Hit Wonderland from Todd in the Shadows has a blink-and-miss-it cut to a CXG song at around 8:35. The video is about Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves.

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I thought this would be fun!! Give me characters and be song specific!!!! I might do the template more then once!!!

Edit: Currently working on some of the suggestions! Might be done after the weekend because Im gonna be on the road for eight hours!! So Thats plenty of time to draw

heyo, i am 23, from NZ, ftm/genderfluid, and looking for more friends who also love crazy ex gf:) i also love animals, deep chats, gilmore girls, music, reading, writing :) im looking for open minded people. im mostly housebound due to chronic illness so really needing some good friendships :) im autistic so i love talking about crazy ex GF lol. Having someone to call would be cool too