`Ted Lasso` showrunner talks about writing with heart and empathy
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What you need to know Ted Lasso showrunner Bill Lawrence sat down for an interview with Vanity Fair. Lawrence talked about what the team behind the series is trying to accomplish. The writer also talked about creating an optimistic show in a pessimistic world. Ted Lasso had to win over everyone, even the writers. Even Bill Lawrence found Ted Lasso`s optimism hard to believe at first. The Ted Lasso showrunner recently sat down with Vanity Fair for an interview about the series ahead of its second season debut. When asked what the team is trying to accomplish with Ted Lasso, Lawrence said that they are trying to write a show with heart and empathy in mind. `With what we call `optimistic comedy,` I think what we`re really talking about is, on some level, writing with heart and empathy. I always dug doing that in Scrubs. It was a lot easier in that case just because they were characters that were of service and cared about whether or not people lived or died. The medical advise...