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Created byElaine Carroll
Directed by[Sam Reich
StarringElaine Carroll
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes45
Production
Running time90 seconds
Original release
NetworkCollegeHumor
YouTube
Vimeo

ReleaseJanuary 10, 2010 –
present

Very Mary-Kate is a web series written by Elaine Carroll and directed by Sam Reich. The series, consisting of 45 episodes of approximately 90 seconds each, features writer and comedienne Elaine Carroll as Mary-Kate Olsen. The series was originally produced out-of-pocket, but was picked up for its second season by CollegeHumor allowing Carroll to “pay for lunch for people.”[1]

The series premiered January 10, 2011 on Vimeo. In interviews, Carroll states that she had been doing the Olsen twin impression for about two years before making a short video called “The Olsen Twin Minute” that “featured Mary-Kate and Ashley in a talk show.” The experience led Carroll to realize she wanted to do more with the twin impression and “started trying to visualize what life is like for them. They’re rich and famous, but also kind of mysterious and private, which leaves a ton of room for the imagination.” Taking facts she already knew, such as Olsen’s use of a bodyguard and taking classes at NYU, Carroll crafted a web series that “started filling in the blanks.” [1]

Utilizing various social media tools, “Very Mary-Kate” has maintained a steady internet presence since its inception. The web series has a Facebook page, with information and videos, as well as a Facebook application that users can allow to post videos and information about the show on their personal profiles. VMK characters can also be found tweeting regularly on Twitter. The @VeryMaryKate Twitter account has been running since April 2009 and “provides no shortage of great one-liners and increases the show’s social networking component.” Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). The show also maintains a YouTube profile, but all videos and information premiere first on CollegeHumor, along with site exclusives and videos that cannot be shown on YouTube.

Plot

“Very Mary-Kate” is the “unofficial biography of everyone’s favorite Olsen twin,” Mary-Kate Olsen.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Carroll’s portrayal of Olsen takes several well-known facts of Mary-Kate Olsen’s life (such as attending NYU and picking up occasional acting jobs) and “expands on them, creating a character who’s a weak-yet-demanding kitten obsessed with calories, abusing her bodyguard and getting her hands on the good drugs.”Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). The series follows the adventures of Carroll’s Mary-Kate Olsen including daily routines, classes at NYU, religious experiences, major life decisions (moving out from an apartment shared with twin sister Ashley Olsen, deciding to have a baby, and more) and general troublesome situations in which Mary-Kate seems to find herself (for instance, Trip to Las Vegas: Parts 1-4).

Main characters

  • Mary-Kate Olsen – one-half of the famous Olsen twin duo who has a Bodyguard-turned-personal-assistant-and-caretaker, occasionally takes classes at NYU; is obsessed with calories and loves prescription medication cocktails (heavy on the prescription). Currently Mary-Kate splits her time between New York City and Los Angeles, but may not be exactly sure where she is most of the time.
  • Ashley Olsen – Mary-Kate’s twin sister; similar in mind and body to Mary-Kate and the source of an off-and-on sibling rivalry (especially when it comes to Bodyguard)
  • Bodyguard – Mary-Kate’s bodyguard who becomes more like a personal assistant/caretaker/nanny, who is supposed to be available at any and all times; he works for Ashley when MK fires him before re-hiring him
  • Fat Professor – Professor of Literature at NYU; hobbies include map-making and bicycling
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman – begins as Mary-Kate’s acting coach, but begins appearing at her apartment unannounced and making perverse phone calls to Mary-Kate
  • Woody Allen – the twins’ godfather

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b ""How Very Mary-Kate of You, Elaine Carroll!"". 2011-02-11. {{cite news}}: Text "titleWomen in Comedy Festival" ignored (help); Text "work" ignored (help)
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