Line #22 Recap/CrazyExGirlfriendS1E13JoshAndIGoToLosAngeles


1	-->''For we have had enough of''\
2	''Hollywood stealing our water.''\
3	''They're probably using it to make''\
4	''Party drugs and Oscars.''\
5	''Our precious water shouldn't be ''\
6	''Funneled to celebrities.''\
7	''No more water for BJ Novak's Ecstasy Factory!''
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9	Written by Aline Brosh [=McKenna=], directed by Michael Patrick Jann. Original airdate 2/29/2016.
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11	"Rebecca and Josh head to Los Angeles to present their case, which also forces them to confront their long buried feelings. Greg grapples with his feelings for Rebecca, while Darryl and White Josh continue to explore their newfound feelings for one another."
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14	!Songs:
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16	!!"JAP Battle (Explicit)" (sung by Rachel Bloom and Rachel Grate)
17	[[youtube:-TQmo5TvZQY]]
18	* BattleRapping
19	* BilingualBonus: "So sheket bevaka shut the fuck up!" ''Sheket bevakasha'' means "quiet please" in Hebrew, so she's telling Audra to shut up in two languages at once.
20	* CountryMatters:
21	-->''You wanna get salty like the Dead Sea? Word.\
22	But call off this suit, or you're dead, c-word.''
23	* FriendlyEnemy:
24	-->''Bunch, you're a curse, you're a blight.\
25	We were frenemies at first spite.''
26	* JewishAmericanPrincess: "Find that term offensive? Too bad, yo."
27	* {{Pastiche}}: The beat accompanying the rap battle is similar to early 1990s JazzRap.
28	** The chorus of "Jew-ish American Prin-CESS!" is almost identical in melody and general feel to the chorus of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHoRfjxnGyo "Hine Ani Ba"]] ("Here I Come"), a 2006 hit by Israeli hip-hop group Hadag Nahash, the point where it might even be a ShoutOut.
29	* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: Audra may be a soulless AmoralAttorney, but she makes a point out of stating that she's liberal, progressive and anti-racism. It's the one part of the song where she and Rebecca actually agree about something.
30	* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: "And between your folks divorce and that haircut on ya, / I'm really not sure which one’s the bigger shondeh." Lampshaded when Rebecca goes, "That means disgrace. I'm translating for the Goys."
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32	!!"Flooded With Justice" (sung by Rachel Bloom and a large number of people)
33	[[youtube:Ynn7C7a95kc]]
34	* AngryMobSong
35	* TheCameo: "Our precious water shouldn't be funnelled to celebrities / No more water for BJ Novak's ecstasy factory!"
36	-->'''BJ Novak''': [''walking past in a hazmat suit; startled''] What?
37	** And at the end:
38	--->'''BJ Novak''': Well, back to the ol' ecstasy factory.
39	* CrowdSong
40	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The song is based on "Do You Hear the People Sing?" from ''Theatre/LesMiserables''. Considering how the revolution turnd out there, it's a pretty strong hint about [[DoomedMoralVictor how Rebecca's case is going to go.]]
41	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: If you look closely, you can see White Josh awkwardly trying to walk with the others and not knowing what to do. Apparently, according to Rachel Bloom, David Hull (the actor who plays White Josh) was just told ten minutes before the scene that he was supposed to sing and walk as well, which is why he is doing it so awkwardly.
42	* {{Pastiche}}: Of Theatre/LesMiserables' "Do You Hear the People Sing?"
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44	!!"Don't Settle for Me" (sung by Vella Lovell and Santino Fontana)
45	[[youtube:NxaZ7HThc00]]
46	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Heather tells Greg that he should go and tell Rebecca how he feels.
47	* OnTheRebound: Heather ''doesn't'' just want to be someone Greg has settled for.
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49	!!"Flooded with Justice (reprise)" (sung by plaintiffs)
50	[[youtube:DwqlZz3FAcM]]
51	* SlowClap: They actually ''sing'' "Slow clap" after they do the slow clap.
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54	!!Tropes in this episode:
55	* TheBigDamnKiss: Between Rebecca and Josh at the end of the episode. Paula and (unfortunately) Greg happen to see it.
56	* DoomedMoralVictor: Rebecca loses the case, but she does so knowing that she's doing it the West Covina way.
57	* GrandRomanticGesture: Discussed, and subverted. Heather's seen a lot of romantic movies, and she realizes that Greg is still in love with Rebecca and tells him to rush to the courtroom to tell her so. Too bad he walks in on TheBigDamnKiss between Josh and Rebecca.
58	* PyrrhicVictory: The big water conglomerate won... but in doing so, gave Rebecca the push she needed to give the media proof of their wrongdoings.
59	* ShadowArchetype: This episode gives us a twofer.
60	** Audra, Rebecca's rival since childhood, mirrors Rebecca at the start of the series -- driven, motivated, and deliriously unhappy. Rebecca reminds her to prioritize happiness at the end of the episode, but Audra shrugs it off.

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