As the title makes no pretense of hiding, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” is playing with some tricky stereotypes of obsessive women. But it’s also conscious that it’s playing with them. I’m guessing that this will be the only TV series this year with a rap interlude that contains the adjective “patriarchal.”

Smartly, the pilot grounds Rebecca’s fixations in more than guy-craziness. She was pushed into law by her mom (not seen, but heard in a series of hectoring voice-mail messages), and she dealt with her parents’ ugly breakup by acting out. There’s a reference to a past suicide attempt, although her mother dismisses it: “You didn’t even break your skin!” Rachel Bloom is the star of the show and she is great. – so great. Shoe was a youtube stare before she was discovered – and boy are we glad shoe was.

My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, if it survives, will have many more hours to fill every year. (Ms. Bloom has songwriting help from Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne and the producer Jack Dolgen.) And we’ll see if the risqué humor — more “Avenue Q” than “42nd Street” — can survive the transition to broadcast. (The pilot was originally shot for Showtime.)
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