Cara Danielle Brown The topic of work-life balance is all over this year’s awards season — and for good reason.Following the COVID-19 lockdown, many are striving to lead much more intentional lives.
While shows including Apple TV+’s “Severance” offer an imaginative take on boundaries pushed to the extreme, HBO Max’s “Hacks” offers themes of the exact opposite: blurred lines. “It’s always a struggle,” says Jen Statsky, “Hacks” co-creator and co-showrunner, of keeping the lines clear.There’s no secret sauce, she adds, explaining that she’s less inclined to set boundaries around her own time than she is to plug into work.“I have had to make a real effort to say, ‘OK I’m putting my phone away and I’m not going to look at it for the next two-hour-long dinner’ or whatever it is.
You know, running a show is an all-encompassing job — from writing to long days on set to being in the edit.” During the fifth episode of Season 2, comedian Deborah Vance’s joke writer, Ava, and Deborah’s brand manager, Marcus, are caught off guard when both are asked what they do for fun.“It’s that feeling of like, ‘Well, this is what I do.
I don’t do anything else. I would love a hobby. Any hobby,'” says Statsky, noting that her own life bleeds onto the page. “I can’t tell you how many times I have learned the first couple of guitar chords that you learn when you start guitar lessons and then absolutely never picked it up again in my life.
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