Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, the brains behind the Netflix's female wrestling drama "GLOW", believe their show is a part of the trend where female stories are taking the centrestage.
Flahive has worked on hits like "Homeland" and "Nurse Jackie" while Mensch has served as a producer on "Weeds" and "Orange Is The New Black", besides "Nurse Jackie".
"GLOW" is a fictionalised retelling of the making of the '80s show "Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling".
For Flahive and Mensch it was challenging to merge the modern sensibility of the story to the restrictions women faced in the '80s.
"I think a part of it was embracing the restrictions of that era and making them part of the story. We are two women who have had it pretty good in television in 2017 - and looking back and thinking about the limitations on those women in the '80s - from our point of view - story wise it was a challenge," Flahive told PTI in an email interview.
"As storytellers you look for conflict - and there certainly were a lot that stemmed from the 80s," Mensch added.
Flahive agreed there was a change in the attitude with the popularity of female-led dramas "GLOW" and "Orange Is The New Black" and hoped more and more people build from that.
"I think the grammar has changed but I guess our hope is that shows that come after us do their own new completely different thing. You know, it could have a cast of 40 women, it could be a show with 50 men and one woman - but that they're still being honest to female stories.
"I think that Orange opened the door, but doesn't mean everyone following needs to do the same. That's what is exciting about it - it's now an option that others can build from," she said.
Flahive said it was awesome to work for Netflix as it's exciting to be able to respond directly to the audience and not have to worry about selling products or satisfying a giant corporation that doesn't have creative ambitions.
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