While the MAX platform has just arrived in France, it brings with it a large catalog and new products to discover urgently! Among them, we recommend the series “The Girls on the Bus”.
Do you like series that highlight “girl power”? The MAX platform, which has just arrived in France, has brought new series into its catalog that the French can finally discover.
If you miss fiction like Girls, The Bold Type, Derry Girls, Sex & The City or Veronica Mars, then this new drama about the power of sisterhood is sure to please you! This series entitled The Girls on the Bus is a co-creation of Julie Plec (Vampire Diaries, Legacies, The Originals) and Amy Chozick.
The latter was inspired by a chapter of her book Chasing Hillarya memoir in which the award-winning New York Times journalist chronicled Hillary Clinton’s race for the presidency, and sought to highlight her relationships with other journalists who followed her campaign across the United States.
Of course, The Girls on the Bus places the plot in another America with new candidates for the American presidency, which represent well-known personalities. The series will follow four journalists with very different profiles who are brought together for better and for worse during the coverage of the American elections.
A series on female friendship
The Girls on the Bus centers on Sadie McCarthy (Melissa Benoist, seen in Supergirl), a journalist from The New York Sentinel who gives herself body and soul to follow this campaign, even if it means leaving feathers behind.
During trips on the press bus, which allows journalists to follow the slightest actions of the candidates in the presidential election, Sadie will befriend three competitors: Grace (Carla Gugino, seen in The Haunting of Hill House ), experienced journalist who works in an old school way, Kimberlyn (Christina Elmore, seen in Insecure), journalist for a conservative news channel, and Lola (Natasha Behnam, seen in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), influencer and activist of the generation Z who becomes a reporter on his networks.
“It takes place in the political arena, but above all it is a story of friendship and found family, of love, unity and connection in a time when we really need it”*believes Melissa Benoist (Sadie).
Despite their differences, these women become a true family and have a front-row seat to the biggest soap opera of their professional lives – the battle for the White House – while finding friendship, love and scandal along the way. .
“These are four women who come from different backgrounds, different ideologies, different political points of view, different generations”explains Carla Gugino (Grace), “And because they’re immersed together in this bus journey in very tight spaces, with very high stakes, they actually find a way to put themselves in each other’s shoes and see what might be be the other person’s point of view”*.
The power of sisterhood
Despite their different backgrounds and their diametrically opposed lifestyles, the four “girls on the bus” will rally for a just cause, which shapes their exciting profession, as Natasha Benham explains:
“They fight for what they believe in. They are all very strong-willed and they pay attention to things. What helps them come together is the search for truth, even if they do it in different ways. They want the best possible world and they want to transmit information to people.”*
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Throughout the season of The Girls on the Bus, the four journalists will face numerous professional but also personal obstacles (including some very moving ones which directly echo American political issues). But what will allow them to move forward is this sisterhood, this touching and inspiring bond that brings them together, according to Christina Elmore (Kimberlyn):
“These are women who have found ways to live together, who don’t always agree on everything and who don’t come from the same place. But that’s why we choose this kind of family, it “That’s why we create this sisterhood. If we were the same, why would we need it?”
In summary, The Girls on the Bus is a sparkling, inspiring and feel-good drama that highlights the power of sisterhood between female characters who break away from their stereotypes and open up to different friendships and loves. while leading a demanding but exciting career.
*Comments collected during a virtual roundtable with talent and other journalists on February 29, 2024.
The series “The Girls on the Bus” is available on the MAX platform.
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