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Liz Flahive is an American playwright, television producer and writer. Beginning her career as a playwright, Flahive wrote two plays, From Up Here and The Madrid. She acted as a producer, executive story editor, and writer on Nurse Jackie, as well as a producer and writer for Homeland.
Roar is an American anthology television series from Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, the creators of GLOW. Based on the 2018 short story collection of the same name by Cecelia Ahern, the 8-episode series premiered on Apple TV+ on April 15, 2022.
Apr 26, 2022 · April 26, 2022. ALTADENA, Calif. — The first episode Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch wrote for their new Apple TV+ series, “Roar,” was also the most intimate. In the episode, a woman played by...
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In Los Angeles in 1985, Ruth Wilder, a struggling actress, auditions along with many other women in a fledgling professional wrestling promotion called the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW). Traditionally minded in her approach to acting and highly idealistic, she clashes with GLOW's director Sam Sylvia due to his cynical demeanor and often uncon...
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1. Alison Brieas Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder 2. Betty Gilpinas Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan 3. Sydelle Noelas Cherry "Junkchain"/"Black Magic" Bang 4. Britney Youngas Carmen "Machu Picchu" Wade 5. Marc Maronas Sam Sylvia 6. Britt Baron as Justine "Scab" Biagi(seasons 2–3; recurring season 1) 7. Kate Nash as Rhonda "Britannica" Richardson(seasons 2–3; recurring season 1) 8. Gayle Rankin as Sheila "The She Wolf"(seasons 2–3; recurring season 1) 9. Kia Stevens as Tammé "The Welfare Queen" Da...
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The show's cast features several real-life professional wrestlers, most prominently Kia Stevens (Tammé), who has wrestled as Awesome Kong for TNA and AEW while wrestling as Kharma for WWE. Others with formal experience include: 1. John Henniganas Salty "The Sack" Johnson, a trainer who appeared in the first episode of Season 1 2. Tyrus and Carlos Edwinas Carmen's wrestler brothers 3. Joey Ryanas a wrestler known as Mr. Monopoly 4. Laura Jamesas Mr. Monopoly's valet, "Crystal" 5. Alex Rileyas...
The idea for the series came when Flahive and Mensch, who at the time were looking to make a new female-centric show, came across the 2012 documentary GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Before this, neither woman had heard of the GLOW wrestling promotion, and they became intrigued by the premise of producing a fictionalized versio...
The series features several songs from the 1980s, as well as tracks from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The opening theme used for the full-length opening titles in episode 1 of each season is "The Warrior" by Scandal. Season 1 songs Season 2 songs Season 3 songs Quiet Riot's cover of "Cum On Feel the Noize" was used for the Season 1 trailer, while "...
Critical response
GLOW was praised by critics upon its release. On Rotten Tomatoes, season 1 has a 94% approval rating with an average score of 7.7/10 based on 108 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "With spot-on 1980s period detail, knockout writing, and a killer cast, GLOW shines brightly." The first season has a Metacritic score of 81 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly gave the first season an A rating, calling it "a silly-smart...
Pro-wrestling community response
The series received mixed reactions from some of the original GLOW wrestlers. Jeanne Basone, who wrestled in the promotion as "Hollywood", commented that "Some of the training and the gym and the outfits they get correct." Patricia Summerland, who played "Sunny the California Girl" in the promotion, saw Marc Maron's character Sam Sylvia as a stark contrast to original GLOW director Matt Cimber. Eileen O'Hara, who was known as "Melody Trouble Vixen (MTV)", felt that the series did not properly...
A four-issue comic book series based on the show was released in March 2019 by IDW Publishing, written by Tini Howard and illustrated by Hannah Templer. Flahive and Mensch served as executive producers on the comics. A second four-issue series by IDW Publishing, GLOW vs. The Babyface, co-written by former professional wrestler AJ Mendez and actress...
Sydelle Noel, Britney Young, Kia Stevens, Ellen Wong and Jackie Tohn made a cameo appearance as their GLOW characters in the music video for the 2017 Katy Perry song "Swish Swish".
Liz Flahive is an American writer, producer, and playwright. She is the co-creator of the Apple TV+ genre-bending anthology series, Roar. Flagive began her career with writing From Up Here and The Madrid. Moving into television, she worked as a producer, executive story editor, and writer on the...
Apr 19, 2022 · Television. Why the ‘weird puzzle’ of Apple’s new anthology took up to 40 rewrites to get right. Judy Davis, left, and Nicole Kidman in “The Woman Who Ate Photographs,” part of Carly Mensch and...
Mar 2, 2021 · Apple TV+ Press. News. Apple TV+ orders star-studded female-driven anthology series “Roar” from creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, and executive producers Nicole Kidman and Bruna Papandrea. Apple TV+ today announced a series order for “Roar,” a new anthology series of darkly comic feminist fables that will star Nicole Kidman.
