Being a girl in her twenties watching Broad City, it finally seemed as if my New York was being represented onscreen. Featuring two best friends trying to make it in this trash bag city, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer’s brainchild was seen as a perfect show to many fans.
Maybe it was because all we really had before it was Sex and the City and Girls, two shows that gave a false sense of the New York experience, but once Abbi and Ilana went through the subway cars in the middle of the summer, trying to not die? It was the New York we knew and loved well.
From the episode where Abbi and Ilana go down to St. Mark’s and meet a tree man to their constant growth as friends, it’s a show that displayed the reality of female friendship in the best possible way. So, watching as the series came to an end was bittersweet. We’ll always have these characters, always remember the hilarity that surrounded Abbi and Ilana, but it still isn’t a show we wanted to leave.
To help honor it, the creatives behind it shared what working on Broad City meant to them.
To every crew member, cast, etc: Thank you, I have never been more proud to be a part of something. And from the bottom of my heart, thank you to all of you that have watched Broad City over the years + allowed us to grow, experiment + play. It’s always been for you. ❤️
— Abbi Jacobson (@abbijacobson) March 28, 2019
after I finished my last scene ever on Broad City – I violently pushed my friends up against a brick wall to tell them how much I love them, how endlessly proud I am of them & thanking them for making my life so much better. I 💗 @broadcity until I die. pic.twitter.com/QeSFMUl2BK
— D’Arcy Carden (@DarcyCarden) March 29, 2019
And, to share how much the show meant to us all, fans shared gifs, comments, and stories about watching Broad City with their own friends.
I know so many women for whom Broad City was a major fucking inspiration, a reminder that we can make things that reflect our friendgroups & the fucking weird and wonderful indiosyncracies and intimacies that come out of them.
It also just made me laugh a lot. pic.twitter.com/8vAtvUdLZH
— alanna bennett (@AlannaBennett) March 29, 2019
RIP broad city, 2014-2019. a legend
— sonia_saraiya (@soniasaraiya) March 29, 2019
GODDAMN IT BROAD CITY IS A PERFECT SHOW IN GENERAL BUT IT IS ESPECIALLY A PERFECT SHOW ABOUT REAL AND BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP
— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) March 29, 2019
It ‘s just one of those rare shows with two female leads who are unapologetic about themselves. They’d have conversations about their bodies that were never portrayed on television before, and they both weren’t afraid to “get ugly” for the benefit of their audiences. Broad City was a gem of a show, and it is going to be missed!
(image: Comedy Central)
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