A 'remix' of Arrested Development season 4 is dropping on Netflix this week
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The fifth season of Arrested Development isn't quite ready to drop, but Bluth fans can sate their appetites Friday when a "remix" of season 4 is released on Netflix. What exactly is a television remix, you might ask? Showrunner Mitch Hurwitz explained Tuesday that season 4 "experimented with a Rashomon-style of storytelling — with each episode dedicated to the adventure of one member of the Bluth family." The remix is a recut and reshuffled version, a kind of "comedic experiment to see if new jokes and a new perspective would emerge from a remix that features all the Bluths in every episode, and where the simultaneity of the story plays out chronologically."
As for the long, long awaited season 5: It's coming "real soon," Hurwitz promises, adding: "Like, if you knew when, you would not be wrong to be thinking, 'Why are we all just hearing this now?'" Read the full announcement below. Jeva Lange
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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.
