Under its cheery veneer, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has always had sharp explorations — and often indictments — of modern gender dynamics at its core.
Knowing Kimmy Schmidt was approaching its end, co-creators Robert Carlock and Tina Fey went into the writers’ room for Season 4 wanting to play around with form.
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To capture that sense of spontaneity, Thomas had actors film certain scenes themselves, sometimes even on the director’s own iPhone.