“I feel like story and character should come first, and the cinematic universe rules of a show that has none should come in a distant second,” Matt Selman says.

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  • Co-showrunner Matt Selman is unconcerned with moving the characters’ backstories forward in history: “I am not worried about messing with the timeline.”
  • Selman also says that he believes that “the number of people that are bothered by that is very small.”
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    10 days ago

    “The options are: we don’t do flashback shows ever and we don’t mention the past ever, which creatively handcuffs us, or we are playful and silly, which is the DNA of the show, and we have fun with whatever generation the show is airing in.”

    Whatever generation the show is airing in??