Janicza Bravo

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) (2016); Lemon (2017); Eat (short); Gregor Goboom (short). Count them as writer (3 films), craft (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) (2016), which they directed: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) (the host's read). Donald Glover's character describes the party as a Spike-directed reboot of Eyes Wide Shut.
    “this is like a spikely directed reboot of eyes wide shut”
    The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) · 0:04:44 · Alison Herman (0.85 sure it was them)

New York lotto commercial (Brett as Jewish minstrel): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Lemon (2017), which they directed: New York lotto commercial (Brett as Jewish minstrel) ⇒ Lemon (the maker said so: Gelman, speaking as the filmmaker). A scene in Lemon is an homage to the commercial where the couple met.
    “the scene where he and me and me is sort of in homage to that place that we met”
    The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) · 0:18:23 · Janicza Bravo (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (4) everyone in directing

Writing (3) everyone in writing

Craft (1) everyone in craft

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Janicza Bravo → David Lynch. Bravo says Lynch works in nightmares while she works in anxiety, an internal demon rather than a demon behind the garbage can.
    “I think he works in nightmares and I feel I work in anxiety.”
    The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) · 0:39:41 · Janicza Bravo (0.75 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Janicza Bravo → Donald Glover. Sean says Bravo applied her point of view to a world Glover and his writers built.
    “Genixa applying her point of view on a pre-established world that Donald has created with his writer's room and with his filmmakers.”
    The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) · 0:08:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Brett Gelman → Janicza Bravo. Gelman calls Bravo his favorite director right now.
    “my favorite director right now.”
    The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) · 0:37:04 · Brett Gelman (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Janicza Bravo → David Lynch. Gelman says the same moment can read as disturbing or hilarious in a Lynch film or a Bravo film.
    “And both filmmakers make nightmares.”
    The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) · 0:39:38 · Brett Gelman (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.