{"id":8127,"date":"2014-10-06T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=8127"},"modified":"2014-10-06T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T18:49:28","slug":"cindy-a-new-web-series-from-the-producer-of-beetlejuice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=8127","title":{"rendered":"Cindy: A new web series from the producer of Beetlejuice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since I saw Amanda Palmer’s life-changing TED Talk about the power of asking, I’ve had a massive soft spot in my heart for indie projects. If I’d never opened my heart and embraced a new, independent path,\u00a0The Boss<\/em>\u00a0would have never been written, let alone spawned an entire series. I’d still be waiting for an opportunity to come along\u00a0for<\/em> me, instead of making opportunities for myself. So, when Larry Wilson, producer and co-writer of\u00a0Beetlejuice<\/em> and writer of\u00a0The Addams Family\u00a0<\/em>contacted me and told me about his independent web series project,\u00a0Cindy<\/em>, I was like, “Of course I’ll tell everybody in the entire universe about this, because you made\u00a0Beetlejuice<\/em> and gave my inner Lydia Deetz permission to weird out all over the place.”<\/p>\n

Well, not exactly that. I didn’t want to sound like a\u00a0weirdo<\/em>. But whatever the actual wording was, it was juuuust about that creepy and fangirly.<\/p>\n

So, let me give you the scoop on\u00a0Cindy.\u00a0<\/em>Billed as a “happily never after” dark comedy,\u00a0Cindy<\/em> is a contemporary retelling of Cinderella set in a bleak world where reality television and magic collide.<\/p>\n

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Cindy is a foster child (read: servant\/personal assistant\/au pair) in a dysfunctional reality TV family. Her foster mother, Rayveen, is the star of a hit reality show.\u00a0Her “handsome prince” is a marbles-obsessed middle-aged guy. She has horrible and annoying “step-shits.” And a production assistant wants to make Cindy the next breakout reality television star… by filming her interactions with her magic dust addicted fairy godmother.<\/p>\n

I’m really excited about this show, guys. But I have to admit, after watching the promo videos on YouTube, the character I’m dying to see more of is Tuesday, one of the twin step-shits:<\/p>\n