THE SHOW

Brazzy Jazzy focuses on the experiences of a middle class, well-educated Brazilian girl trying to make it in the most competitive city in the world. It is a fish out of water tale with the pursuit of the American Dream as a backdrop. A dark comedy about the perils of trying to succeed in NY without a firm grasp of the language and landscape of the City that never sleeps.

Jasmina (Jazzy) comes to New York aspiring to be a successful fashion designer. However, her playboy Brazilian boyfriend decides to return to his comfortable life in Rio after only 3 weeks because the New York Winter is too cold for him. Refusing to quit on her dream, she is forced to survive on her own. Jazzy works at a boutique owned by an Argentine friend of her mother, but is paid almost nothing. Since she is in the USA on a student visa, she’s not legally allowed to work. Jazzy creates a surrogate family made up of fellow “outsiders” who band together to survive the unique demands of New York living.

Jazzy will face all the normal “New Girl in Town” challenges and adventures as New York nightlife and dating experiences will be plentiful. Typical episodes will center on the apartment, the boutique, and a new friend’s bar, creating comedic opportunities for Jazzy’s interaction with store customers, flirtatious bar patrons, and her various roommates.

In addition, there will be a major set piece relating to the crazy jobs that the girls undertake to make ends meet. These include: foot fetish modeling, ComicCon costumed superhero, babysitter for brats, and cage dancing. A Sugar Daddy storyline unfolds as her co-worker and new partner in crime, Marty, who has a “Benefactor”, keeps pushing the option. Midway through season 1, Jazzy gets a Wall Street boyfriend who shows her how the top 1% luxuriates while proudly parading her in front of his friends and clients. But she breaks up with him so she can fully focus on her fashionista dreams.

All of these experiences serve as inspiration for her clothing line, a mosaic of her life in NY and a serialized element of the show. At the end of the 1st season, Jazzy meets an Eastern European trophy wife who arranges a mini fashion show for her at a Chelsea art gallery. But, don’t fret; Jazzy will not be an overnight success. That’s simply not funny. It will however open up new opportunities for Jazzy with other designers in future seasons.

This series also offers the opportunity to experience the immigrant’s struggle to survive and hopefully thrive in New York. Plus, there are no shows about Brazilians living in the USA nor how their culture differs greatly from the more media saturated Hispanic American experience. Diversity is the buzzword in Hollywood these days and this series has the ingredients to deliver on those admirable aspirations.