When it comes to exploring the history of memes in popular culture, it is undeniable that one of the first to be an international success, no matter how much it is already far behind us, It was the famous dancing baby to the rhythm of ‘Hooked on a feeling’. And it was not just an Internet thing: she appeared on television to a single lawyer who was fighting for her client, she wore provocative miniskirts and was also self-sufficient. Now, 25 years after its premiereprepare a sequel to ‘Ally McBeal’ that is not at all what you expect.
Searching my soul tonight
According to Deadline, the new ABC series will follow the adventures of Renée’s daughter, a lawyer who was also Ally’s best friend about whom two things can be said: the first, that in the fifth season she only came out in the final episode as a cameo. The second, that nobody watched ‘Ally McBeal’ by Renée.
Karin Gist, the creator of ‘Our kind of people’ and one of the most coveted by networks and streaming services, will be the one in charge of writing and directing the series under the watchful eye of Calista Flockhart, who is emerging as an executive producer and actress: if the script is good enough, Flockhart has expressed interest in being Ally again. Will Biscuit come back? And Robert Downey Jr, after his sudden dismissal after his drug problems?
David E. Kelley, the original producer, has given his approval to the idea but has decided to step aside when learning that the series would be about a young African-American who just got out of college to give Gist as much creative freedom as he can get at ABC. It must be said that if you did not live in the time of ‘Ally McBeal’, you may not have an idea why they have been fighting for a sequel for twenty years: it was such a great phenomenon that there was even a spin-off, ‘Ally’ , that it was a simple cut-paste of the episodes removing the trial plots. We’ll see if it still has mojo so many years later and they haven’t lost their minds.