John welcomes writer/creators Liz Meriwether (New Girl, The Dropout) and Liz Hannah (The Girl from Plainville, The Post) to discuss the genre/form of “limited series based on actual events.”
Meriwether and Hannah explain what compelled them to each project and the process of realizing each story on screen. We also play a lightning round of How Would This Be A Movie, looking at movements like ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ and #FreeBritney.
In our bonus segment for premium members, the Lizzes share their experiences making their shows while pregnant.
Links:
* [The Dropout on Hulu](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10166622/) and [The Dropout Podcast](https://abcaudio.com/podcasts/the-dropout/)
* [The Girl from Plainville Show](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12851512/) and [the Esquire article](https://classic.esquire.com/article/2017/10/1/the-girl-from-plainville) by Jesse Barron
* [Liz Meriwether](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2057975/)
* [Liz Hannah](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2176283/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/itslizhannah)
* [Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/) by Jonathan Haidt for the Atlantic
* [Notorious](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038787/) Alfred Hitchcock Film
* AI art – [MidJourney](https://www.readthepresentage.com/p/midjourney-ai-art-tool?s=r) and [Dall-E](https://openai.com/dall-e-2/)
* [Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!](https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast)
* [Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription](https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts) or [treat yourself to a premium subscription!](https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/)
* [Craig Mazin](https://twitter.com/clmazin) on Twitter
* [John August](https://twitter.com/johnaugust) on Twitter
* [John on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Nico Mansy ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
* Scriptnotes is produced by [Megana Rao](https://twitter.com/MeganaRao) and edited by [Matthew Chilelli](https://twitter.com/machelli).
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode [here](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/546standard.mp3).
**UPDATE 6-1-2023** The transcript for this episode can be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2022/scriptnotes-episode-546-limited-series-transcript)