Flipboard Culture Desk on Nostr: Winnie Holzman is the co-creator of "Wicked." She's also behind another great ...

Winnie Holzman is the co-creator of "Wicked." She's also behind another great portrait of female adolescence: "My So-Called Life," which ran for just 19 episodes in 1994/1995, Here's an interview with Holzman for the BBC's "Culture Shifters" series, where she discusses casting Claire Danes, how her age (she was just 14) allowed the rest of the ensemble to shine, and her feelings about the cancelation. "The knowledge that you put something out there that helped people feel less alone, and maybe a little uplifted, or seen is more important than how many episodes we got to make," she says, adding that producer Marshall Herskovitz calls it the James Dean of TV series. "I thought there was something true about that. It died young, but it made a big impact."

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