BA #236: Miranda Berman

July 15, 2018

 

On the two-hundred and thirty-sixth Box Angeles writer Miranda Berman (The Mindy Project) stops by Studio 309. She discusses her love of hot takes, growing up on the Upper West Side, making a web series in college, the importance of asking for things, and more!

 

 

the BA #236 breakdown
– Box rants grabbing carts from the grocery lot.
– Hot takes and drinking and rituals.
– Growing up in Manhattan and underage drinking.
– Attending private school in the Bronx and doing Shakespeare.
– Playing tennis and attending the U of Michigan.
– Studying English / creative writing and studying abroad in Ireland for a playwright program.
– Creating a web series and sorority life.
– Moving home to NYC and working on an MTV show before moving to LA.
– Set PA on The Mindy Project, helping BJ Novak and becoming Mindy’s assistant.
– Reaching out to people about something and becoming a writer’s assistant, then a staff writer.
– Writing Hot Mess Kitchen and getting representation.

For more Miranda, @mirandapberman on Instagram.

 

STUDIO BEER – Reel Brewery, Untitled Pilsner