How ‘Good American Family’ Handles Dueling Narratives Fueling Notorious Natalia Grace Story – Contenders TV

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For the creative team behind Hulu’s Good American Family, exploring the murky and notorious true-life tale of Natalia Grace was not to decide which of the conflicting narratives it wanted to embrace – was Grace an adoptive child with dwarfism or an adult with nefarious intentions posing as a juvenile? – but rather to approach the story with an eye toward commenting on truth, bias and the space between.

During the show’s Deadline Contenders Television panel, creator, co-showrunner and executive producer Katie Robbins explained that when she embarked on the project in 2020 the story was as saturated in the popular culture as it would become. “I had to do quite a deep dive into figuring out what the story was about, and so I read tons of articles and watched tons of clips,” she said. “You would read an interview with the parents and you’d be like, ‘Oh my gosh, this version of the story is absolutely true’… And then you’d go and read an interview with Natalia or see her on Dr.

Phil and you’d be like, ‘No, I’m totally wrong. This is what this is.’ I found that experience really fascinating, and I wanted to try to bring that into the storytelling.” RELATED: Contenders TV — Deadline’s Complete Coverage The approach struck a chord with the series’ star and executive producer Ellen Pompeo, who, given an opportunity to step out of her familiar Grey’s Anatomy role and demonstrate her versatility, wanted to take “a really big swing.” “We often talk a lot, hopefully we do, about our unconscious bias regarding race, but very rarely do we ever highlight our unconscious bias on people with disabilities or people that look different than us,” said Pompeo. “I love that we touch on all of our unconscious bias: why do we believe what we