'Girls5eva's Busy Philipps Talks Season 2, Women's 'Memento' Moment Amid Free Britney Spears Movement
Cleverly balancing the satire of millennial pop with camp and an appreciation for sugary songcraft, Girls5eva has proven to be a heartfelt success for Peacock thanks to its outstanding writing, even earning its first Emmy nomination for creator Meredith Scardino ahead of this year’s ceremony. But while the series follows a ‘90s girl group reuniting after 20 years with new music and a more cognizant image following the exploitation of female artists like Britney Spears or the Spice Girls, the series slickly underscores sexist tropes often disguised as female empowerment tools by way of objectification during the Y2K era, something series star Busy Philipps admits is a “memento” moment for women everywhere.
In an exclusive with Girls5eva star Philipps ahead of Self-Care Day on July 24 in collaboration with Oui by Yoplait and Essie nail polish, the best-selling author admits women acknowledging this change in dialogue and becoming more cognizant amid such news stories across a changing tide in conversation over the past few years is more than welcome, especially as her show is a “satirical sort of look back at the way that women, especially in entertainment in the ‘90s were sort of objectified, but by way of trying to tell them that it was empowering.”
