That seed of an idea gestated intoBabes, in theaters May 17.
It was perfect."
), and later crawling and screaming through the halls of the hospital.
Ilana Glazer and Stephan James in ‘Babes’.NEON
“I’ve never been pregnant.
What happens is a sequence that opens the door to a rarely seen dialog between women on screen.
“I grew up on Long Island.
(L-R) Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau in ‘Babes’.NEON
Michelle grew up in Jersey.
We’ve both lived in the city for 20 years.
“The way women talk authentically is often policed and seems raunchy if we’re just being ourselves.
But for us, I think it was just very true to the way we see things.”
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“People in the industry either got it or they didn’t.
They were like, ‘This is blue,’ and I was like, ‘Blue?
This is my life,'” she recalls of the conversations.
“Also, pregnancy and motherhood, it’s gory.
And when Michelle and Pamela came on board, we all needed to tell this story.”
“When people say words like ‘raunchy,’ I’m like, this is justreal.
These are our bodies.
That’s why we call it comedy gold.”
Babesalso starsOliver Platt,Hasan Minhaj, andJohn Carroll Lynch.
