How Kevin Hart's Divorce Script Inspired the 'Hacks' and 'Amazing Race' Crossover Episode
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Chris O'Falt
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Summary
The article discusses how the "Hacks" Season 5 episode "D'Amazing Race" — a crossover with the CBS reality show "The Amazing Race" — was inspired by a script Kevin Hart hired co-creator Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs to write about a divorced couple. Aniello explains on The Filmmaker Toolkit podcast that the idea stemmed from that project, and the episode became one of the most ambitious in the series' run. The piece also touches on the creative process behind the crossover, the involvement of clowns, and why Kaitlin Olson is considered a brilliant comedian.
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· 3 pulled[Hart] was like, 'Okay, I want their separation to have been because they had a...'
The idea for a crossover episode with the CBS reality show 'The Amazing Race' was the dream of co-creator Lucia Aniello
D'Amazing Race was one of the most ambitious and off-the-wall episodes during the HBO half-hour series' run
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