The Math of Love Triangles - feat. Rachel Bloom - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"

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    "The Math of Love Triangles"
    Starring Rachel Bloom
    Written by Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger, and Jack Dolgen
    Rebecca
    WHAT’S A GIRL TO DO WHEN SHE’S STUCK BETWEEN MEN?
    IT’S LIKE SHE’S A BARBIE WITH TWO PERFECT KENS
    BUT WAIT, IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME
    MAYBE I CAN SOLVE THIS WITH GEOMETRY!
    YES, SMARTS CAN HELP THIS SITCHYWATION UNTANGLE
    SO PROFESSORS: TEACH ME
    THE MATH OF LOVE TRIANGLES!
    Yay! Time for book facts!
    Male Dancers
    A TRIANGLE IS A POLYGON
    WITH THREE EDGES AND THREE VERTICES
    TAKE THE BASE TIMES THE HEIGHT, CUT THAT IN HALF
    TO FIND THE AREA OF THE SURFACES
    Rebecca
    UH-UH I WASN’T REALLY LISTENING BUT I CAN SEE
    THE CENTER OF THE TRIANGLE IS LIL’ OL’ ME!
    THE MATH OF LOVE TRIANGLES
    ISN’T HARD TO LEARN.
    Male Dancers
    YOU’RE NOT TAKING IN WHAT WE’RE SAYING
    WE’RE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED
    Rebecca
    YES, THE MATH OF LOVE TRIANGLES IS AS SIMPLE AS CAN BE!
    WHICHEVER TOM OR DICK I MIGHT PICK
    THE CENTER OF THE TRIANGLE IS LIL' OL' ME!
    Male Dancers
    ACTUALLY A TRIANGLE HAS MULTIPLE CENTERS!
    THIS TRIANGLE’S SCALENE.
    Rebecca
    THAT’S ASTUTE. SO I NEED TO DECIDE
    WHICH MAN’S MORE ACUTE!
    Male Dancers
    HERE’S PYTHAGORAS’ THEOREM...
    Rebecca
    WILL THIS HELP ME CHOOSE?
    IF NOT, I’LL BE SWINGING FROM A HYPOTENOOSE!
    Male Dancers
    LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THIS LINE BISECTS
    Rebecca
    IS THAT SPELLED BIS-E-X?!
    Male Dancers
    THOSE ARE GOOD PUNS BUT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION-
    Rebecca
    OH NO, PROFESSORS,
    AM I FACING SUSPENSION?
    WHEE! A SWING! IT’S LITERAL SUSPENSION!
    THE MATH OF LOVE TRIANGLES
    ISN’T HARD TO LEARN
    Male Dancers
    WE’RE STARTING TO SUSPECT
    YOU DON’T SINCERELY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT TRIANGLES
    Rebecca
    YES, THE MATH OF LOVE TRIANGLES IS AS SIMPLE AS CAN BE!
    I NEED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN MEN
    BUT UNTIL THEN
    THE CENTER OF THE TRIANGLE IS LIL’ OL’ ME!
    IS THIS A TRIANGLE?
    Male Dancers
    NO, THAT’S A SHOE
    Rebecca
    IS THIS A TRIANGLE?
    Male Dancers
    NO, THAT’S YOU.
    Rebecca
    SO I’M A TRIANGLE?
    Male Dancers
    WHAT? NO.
    Rebecca
    1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 3, GO!
    Matt
    You don’t seem to know how to count!
    Scott
    We are sincerely worried about you.
    Rebecca
    CATCH ME!
    Jeff
    You’re ruining the number!
    Male Dancers
    THIS ANGLE’S RIGHT.
    Rebecca
    WHICH ANGLE’S RIGHT?
    Male Dancers
    NO, NOT RIGHT LIKE CORRECT.
    Rebecca
    OOOH, ARE YOU ERECT?!
    Male Dancers
    NO, 90 DEGREES.
    Rebecca
    THAT’S REALLY ERECT!
    THE MATH OF LOVE TRIANGLES--
    IS SUPER DUPER FUN!
    Male Dancers
    WE’RE TIRED OF ALL YOUR TANGENTS
    THAT’S ALSO A TRIANGLE PUN.
    Rebecca
    OHHHHHH
    THANKS FOR TEACHING ME MAN MATH!
    YOU ALL DESERVE A KISS!
    Male Dancers
    LADY, WE’RE ALL GAY
    WE GET NOTHING OUT OF THIS.
    Rebecca
    NEITHER MAN WILL NOTICE MY LEARNING DISABILITY
    ‘CAUSE THE CENTER OF THE TRIANGLE
    IS LIL' OLD
    SEXY LITTLE BABY
    ME!!!!
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  • @g_way
    @g_way 6 років тому +6107

    "Lady, we're all gay
    We get nothing out of this"
    I'm dead. This show killed me; I'm typing from the grave

    • @brackcarmony6385
      @brackcarmony6385 4 роки тому +7

      Seeing as how there's not a cute one among them. The gay community can not share in your frivolity.

    • @alyssa-vi4jt
      @alyssa-vi4jt 4 роки тому +133

      Brack Carmony I think they’re very cute

    • @thebiggestcauldron
      @thebiggestcauldron 4 роки тому +72

      @@brackcarmony6385 Speak for Yourself!

    • @MrEveningsun
      @MrEveningsun 4 роки тому +33

      @@brackcarmony6385 Whaaat?

    • @vuongthang1993
      @vuongthang1993 4 роки тому +49

      @@brackcarmony6385 I think the Asian professor looks really cute

  • @teraphIl1000
    @teraphIl1000 7 років тому +8930

    I love that, even in the fantasies she creates, Rebecca is rejected by men.

    • @sheshiechan
      @sheshiechan 7 років тому +504

      Dos Eggies Dos Eggies To me, it's symbolic of Rebecca's insecurities that are ever present even in her subconscious as is the choice of making the men in her fantasy gay. Essentially we're shown that Rebecca has issues of accepting reality as it is because of her insecurities but at the same time she has a difficult time accepting that someone could want to be her friend, lover etc. So what we've seen is her doing everything exaggeratedly believing that she has to in order to be accepted. What seems to happen is that this backfires which then causes Rebecca to use as "evidence" which perpetuates her issues. It's a nasty cycle. She also has the belief that she'll be happy with no more problems if she gets her fairy tale story that she's imagined in her head even though it's not true.
      It's a very conscious choice of the writers of the show.

    • @sarosaes4528
      @sarosaes4528 6 років тому +166

      I think it has more to do with her insecurities and her fear (and belief) that all men in her life will eventually leave her or reject her, no matter how many men actually care for her 'irl'.

    • @rodvanburen6147
      @rodvanburen6147 6 років тому +131

      Rebecca wants men she cannot have. At the time this song occurs, neither Josh not Greg is very interested in her, yet she will not listen to Dr Akopian or the polyamourous trio she had just talked to. In this song she is remaining clueless and not listening to reason as in real life. And she knows that she always ends up being rejected by these men.

    • @zoecoded
      @zoecoded 5 років тому +19

      we are all of us rebecca bunch

    • @maryelephant940
      @maryelephant940 5 років тому +32

      Lady, we´re all gay.

  • @arianalbert
    @arianalbert 3 роки тому +2912

    I can't not think about the fact that rebecca Imagined like 20 gay geometry professors to flirt with

    • @zerjiozerjio
      @zerjiozerjio 3 роки тому +194

      Hey. As a socially anxious, gay nerd, I totally see the appeal of that!!

    • @itsrainingmelons6202
      @itsrainingmelons6202 2 роки тому +231

      It makes it just (this) much funnier that none of the men in her own fantasy are attracted to her

    • @fabiononis4066
      @fabiononis4066 2 роки тому +16

      @@itsrainingmelons6202 it happened to me once(lol)... but now I will surely have fantasies on this 20 math professors xD

    • @itsrainingmelons6202
      @itsrainingmelons6202 2 роки тому +3

      @@fabiononis4066 😂

    • @Kyym-ft1dz
      @Kyym-ft1dz Рік тому

      she's into gay porn, as I remember from the Halloween episode 😄

  • @guppy2816
    @guppy2816 7 років тому +5687

    *Pretends not to know anything about triangles but makes triangle puns*

    • @rodvanburen6147
      @rodvanburen6147 6 років тому +364

      Reflects how IRL she's not dumb, she's BEING dumb.

    • @rodvanburen6147
      @rodvanburen6147 5 років тому +170

      @@Allison_Hart if you recall the episode, this song is between her meeting with a polyamourous trio and her appointment with Dr Akopian, none of whom she was listening to ("I wasn't really listening" in this song) - Rebecca wanted to believe she could be in relationships with both of these men, NEITHER of whom were offering her a relationship 🤷🏻‍♂️ Also the professors all being gay = the men she was interested in were neither available nor interested in her

    • @MrSasyB
      @MrSasyB 4 роки тому +70

      She went to Harvard and yale, she knows her triangles

    • @vixxcelacea2778
      @vixxcelacea2778 4 роки тому +38

      @@Allison_Hart It's absolutely an homage to Marilyn with the clothing choice and jaunty toon.

    • @soaribb32
      @soaribb32 3 роки тому +15

      @@Allison_Hart surely is on purpose, Marilyn is known for playing the dumb blonde on screen and writting poetry and marrying comunists in real life...

  • @christinaishere9018
    @christinaishere9018 4 роки тому +8793

    I love that since this takes place in her head, she’d have to KNOW every single triangle fact the men bring up through out the video, but CHOOSES to portray herself as a ditz, even just in her own mind. That alone brings up an interesting detail about Season 2 Rebecca’s internalized misogyny.

    • @omichillian
      @omichillian 4 роки тому +995

      I don't think it's necessarily internalised misogyny but actually self loathing

    • @eloijones882
      @eloijones882 4 роки тому +779

      I don't think it's internalized mysogyny I think that its the whole "oh im an ingenue" thing and partly that she has no confidence in herself and has a lot of self hatred. If you watch to the end of s2-beggining of s3 you start to learn about her BPD, which I think this is closer to

    • @77734694
      @77734694 4 роки тому +266

      I mean she went to Harward so she can't be dumb

    • @omichillian
      @omichillian 4 роки тому +100

      @@77734694 Harvard but yes

    • @33LB
      @33LB 4 роки тому +39

      imagine leaving a comment on a funny song to try to force a discussion about "internalized misogyny," something which has never been empirically proven to be a real thing.

  • @melroone2852
    @melroone2852 7 років тому +4198

    She does such a good Marilyn impression

    • @3NU
      @3NU 7 років тому +203

      There's also shades of Carol Channing. Rachel Bloom is brilliant!

    • @allieschwarz8023
      @allieschwarz8023 7 років тому +97

      +3NU I was just saying (above) that this is Carol Channing, not Marilyn. Different voice, different persona. Carol put comedy before sex appeal (though she was certainly sexy, in an annoying way that Rachel can relate to).

    • @mauvebassetgirl21
      @mauvebassetgirl21 6 років тому +136

      Allie Schwarz I just watched the Carol Channing version, and I don’t understand where you’re coming from. Rachel is funny like Carol, but the voice, mannerisms, and choreography are not similar at all. This is straight Marilyn

    • @lotus_dream
      @lotus_dream 5 років тому +53

      @@mauvebassetgirl21 i mean.. aside from the obvious diamond is a girlfriend reference lol

    • @lotus_dream
      @lotus_dream 5 років тому +21

      Girl best friend***

  • @ColonelGreen
    @ColonelGreen 7 років тому +2474

    "We're starting to suspect you don't sincerely want to know about triangles."
    She clearly asked you to teach her the math of love triangles, so you're the ones who weren't paying attention.

    • @karda009
      @karda009 4 роки тому +204

      When you’re a math professor, all triangles are love triangles!

    • @rowanboleyn7383
      @rowanboleyn7383 3 роки тому +149

      "Every triangle's a love triangle when you love triangles." ~James Acaster

    • @marocat4749
      @marocat4749 3 роки тому +33

      But it is a love triangle isnt all about herself and she isnt the sole center. Thats what they try to tell her.

    • @expatchrisGerUK
      @expatchrisGerUK 2 роки тому

      @@rowanboleyn7383 a AA

    • @WynneL
      @WynneL Рік тому +6

      @@marocat4749 She really ought to be one of the vertices; I mean, that's why it's called a triangle in the first place!

  • @emilyhyang
    @emilyhyang 7 років тому +1816

    "Actually a triangle has multiple centers" killed me

    • @briannagravely9349
      @briannagravely9349 5 років тому +50

      much like a healthy polyam couple!

    • @briannagravely9349
      @briannagravely9349 5 років тому +47

      took me a month to realize I should have said throuple, triad, or polycule.

    • @seemunwong7820
      @seemunwong7820 4 місяці тому

      eeeee2​@@briannagravely9349

  • @thirteenfury
    @thirteenfury 7 років тому +10041

    If Rebecca was just having another fantasy, does this mean they sang an _imaginary_ number?
    I'll see myself out now.

    • @UnRubenDario
      @UnRubenDario 7 років тому +127

      HAHAHHAAAAAAHAHAHAHHA !!! ..ok
      I found this more funny than it actually is ..

    • @WannabeWryter
      @WannabeWryter 7 років тому +17

      thirteenfury hahaha clever

    • @danielsouthern7920
      @danielsouthern7920 7 років тому +97

      God: Why should you get into heaven?
      thirteenfury: Did you see that pun.

    • @harshpeter
      @harshpeter 7 років тому +138

      "i" can't believe that joke.

    • @annas9016
      @annas9016 7 років тому +38

      +harshpeter are you fucking kidding me. you are the best person.

  • @sus817
    @sus817 7 років тому +4217

    Anyone else just notice the line "IF NOT, I’LL BE SWINGING FROM A HYPOTENOOSE"? Even Rebecca's happy musical fantasies have dark undertones.

    • @sus817
      @sus817 7 років тому +139

      I know, that's what makes it a pun. It has a double meaning. Also, I copied that lyric straight from the description so that's her spelling not mine.

    • @mikeduplessis6315
      @mikeduplessis6315 7 років тому +121

      In the "Boy Band Made Up Of Three Josh's" number there's another hanging reference too.

    • @ratontheleft
      @ratontheleft 7 років тому +88

      Yes. In this number, and this episode, the comedy just barely kept the pathos bearable. Which is one of the reasons I love this show. But there were some moments that were really genuinely upsetting.

    • @fruitsbasketforlife4362
      @fruitsbasketforlife4362 7 років тому +34

      Wow, that's dark. I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out. Yikes. 0_o

    • @Ryan4891s
      @Ryan4891s 6 років тому +11

      i thought it was a "high"pote"noose"

  • @quiroz923
    @quiroz923 7 років тому +2269

    Geometry puns!
    You know you've got issues when your own musical fantasies tell you they're worried about you.

    • @halfthiveye182
      @halfthiveye182 7 років тому +215

      quiroz923 and not even attracted to you

    • @ciaranmcloughlin7165
      @ciaranmcloughlin7165 4 роки тому +13

      @@halfthiveye182 ♪They get nothing out of this.♪

  • @alanacantcope
    @alanacantcope 7 років тому +1533

    "We're sincerely worried about you."

    • @TashJansson
      @TashJansson 7 років тому +32

      Aren't we all. Things are getting out of hand in E03 :(

    • @alanacantcope
      @alanacantcope 7 років тому +82

      Tash Jansson The happy ending I want for Rebecca isn't with Greg or Josh - I just want her to be okay haha!!

    • @PaulaHowley
      @PaulaHowley 7 років тому +7

      Me too.

    • @jackofalltrades6718
      @jackofalltrades6718 4 роки тому +8

      You know things are bad when even you're fantasies are telling you you're out of control...

  • @LuisMedina1
    @LuisMedina1 7 років тому +4665

    I like how the professors are very gentle when they point out how dumb she is. They never call her an idiot. They are concerned, and want her to succeed, but she just won't.
    Ugh. I love the songs of this show.

    • @BernardoPatino
      @BernardoPatino 5 років тому +227

      Also the gay representation... Ugh her mind

    • @SkyWireMashups
      @SkyWireMashups 4 роки тому +93

      Like proper teachers!

    • @alyssa-vi4jt
      @alyssa-vi4jt 4 роки тому +43

      Bernardo Patiño it’s a symbol for neither of the men (Greg and Josh) are interested in her some say

    • @mistyday3765
      @mistyday3765 4 роки тому +46

      The funny part is that she is pretty smart

    • @masseffect435
      @masseffect435 4 роки тому +30

      @@mistyday3765 she is insanely smart.

  • @marcowina2572
    @marcowina2572 7 років тому +723

    Her therapist cracks me up after Rebecca was done singing this song her therapist goes "cut with the baby voice ?" I don't know why but I laughed so hard 😂😂😂

    • @rogue7723
      @rogue7723 Рік тому +16

      Yeah, I laugh hard when Rebecca points to things asking if they’re triangles. “Is this a triangle?” “No, that’s a shoe.” “Is this a triangle?” “No, that’s you” 😅😅

  • @musicaltheatrelover4717
    @musicaltheatrelover4717 4 роки тому +447

    THE SUBTLE TRIANGLE BEING PLAYED THROUGHOUT THE SONG!! This show is genius.

    • @luigiiodice3517
      @luigiiodice3517 3 роки тому +20

      SHIT I JUST NOTICED THAT🤯🤯

    • @randomstranger623
      @randomstranger623 3 роки тому +24

      Wait, it is every time the word triangle is uttered?
      If so, damn, this show's songs just got a lil better!

    • @garotapsykoze138
      @garotapsykoze138 3 роки тому +13

      This is the reason why I read comments. Thank you sir or lady sir!

    • @worm4165
      @worm4165 Рік тому +5

      @@garotapsykoze138 I think the word's just "ma'am"

    • @juliaborsos1418
      @juliaborsos1418 Рік тому

      omg lol I did not notice the triangle until now!

  • @kball4737
    @kball4737 7 років тому +2992

    Knowing Rebecca's history with college professors, this gets a bit more creepy...

    • @leemcgucken
      @leemcgucken 4 роки тому +181

      didnt even realise omg

    • @cl22396
      @cl22396 4 роки тому +154

      Except these ones are gay

    • @Silvercentipede
      @Silvercentipede 3 роки тому +44

      Wow good catch

    • @michaelscott3174
      @michaelscott3174 3 роки тому +14

      @That_One_Idiot What are you implying?

    • @jamiehood850
      @jamiehood850 3 роки тому +103

      @@michaelscott3174 It's a line from Let's Generalize About Men

  • @B4R0N.
    @B4R0N. 7 років тому +883

    "This angle is right"
    "Which angle is right?"
    "No, not right like correct"
    "Are you erect?"
    "No 90 degrees!"
    "That's very erect!!"
    *OK. I AM DONE*

  • @BonnerDoemling
    @BonnerDoemling 3 роки тому +156

    “You’re ruining the number!” always kills me because even in her own head she can’t finish anything she starts

  • @Ayelen013
    @Ayelen013 4 роки тому +313

    If you think about it, the part "actually a triangle has multiple centers" could be the guys trying to tell her that she shouldn't be the only focus of the love triangle. There are also other people involved whose feelings should be considered.

    • @marocat4749
      @marocat4749 3 роки тому +9

      And the pickpeeve wth most media "love triangles" that car too less about the other 2 sides having any meaningful good relationship, to might make it work ,or poly. Or interesting. Becaue good love triangles are actually engaging.

  • @BlackieChan21E
    @BlackieChan21E Рік тому +33

    "So I'm a tringles? 😮"
    "What??? NO 😑😑"
    Kills me every time 🤣🤣🤣

  • @TigerNightmare
    @TigerNightmare 7 років тому +2911

    Is this a triangle?
    _No, that's a shoe_
    Is this a triangle?
    _No, that's you_
    So I'm a triangle?
    _What?! No_

  • @DS-fv4rx
    @DS-fv4rx 4 роки тому +2704

    Actually, "B-I S-E-X" is the perfect way to solve a love triangle

    • @ceruleanhearts7604
      @ceruleanhearts7604 3 роки тому +74

      i mean-literally right before this song happened it was established that rebecca wasnt ployam/good for a threesome

    • @nobody_5982
      @nobody_5982 3 роки тому +48

      It’s the perfect solution!

    • @user-jn1wm3tb8v
      @user-jn1wm3tb8v 3 роки тому +87

      @planet 4 "it's not gay if there's a girl there"

    • @Djinn_Entonic
      @Djinn_Entonic 3 роки тому +55

      Only if you do a factorisation over P-O-L-Y

    • @nobody_5982
      @nobody_5982 3 роки тому +6

      @planet 4 when a man has sex... with a woman and another man... even though the woman is there, it’s Still Somewhat Gay. Hence, BI

  • @PsychoSoprano
    @PsychoSoprano 7 років тому +4969

    You are my hero

    • @rshiftyXO
      @rshiftyXO 7 років тому +33

      Same

    • @gabrielmc44
      @gabrielmc44 7 років тому +121

      PsychoSoprano Oh my gosh both of you are my hero. And I love you even more now Colleen knowing you watch Crazy-Ex Girlfriend.

    • @konnerkiesel4269
      @konnerkiesel4269 7 років тому +19

      PsychoSoprano OMG I love this show too!

    • @kittyquiqui
      @kittyquiqui 7 років тому +34

      I'm a fan of you Colleen and Rachel! Especially of the craziness you two portray as Miranda and Rebecca 💋❤️

    • @brendanmoreilly
      @brendanmoreilly 7 років тому +18

      PsychoSoprano omg Colleen I didn't know you watched this show

  • @lindsaydiaz2330
    @lindsaydiaz2330 Рік тому +57

    The way the men sing "we're starting to suspect you don't sincerely want to know about triangles" gets me every time 😂

  • @katekursive1370
    @katekursive1370 7 років тому +625

    I was supposed to watch one number... now I'm stuck rewatching ALL of them. LET ME GO RACHEL

    • @oof-rr5nf
      @oof-rr5nf 5 років тому +5

      N E V E R

    • @artisticloko
      @artisticloko 4 роки тому +9

      Welcome to the hole of content it never ends

  • @sexypants1851
    @sexypants1851 5 років тому +205

    They looked so happy in the beggining when they were explaining triangles, and then they just looked crushed and dissapointed..

  • @michaelpiazza7082
    @michaelpiazza7082 4 роки тому +159

    “ we’re a bit concerned” literally every person who’s ever watched this show

  • @connorbrady-ladygagafan1115
    @connorbrady-ladygagafan1115 7 років тому +267

    They Cut out one of the best parts where at the end it cuts to Rebecca at her Therapists's office and she says in her breathy Marilyn Monroe Baby voice "So now You Understand my Predicament"and Her Therapist says "Cut The Baby Voice" That is one of my Favorite Parts!!!!!!

    • @GB-xt7zm
      @GB-xt7zm 4 роки тому +6

      Where can I find this?

    • @minnie7453
      @minnie7453 4 роки тому +17

      GB999444 You should just watch the show! It’s brilliant. It’s on Netflix. This was in season 2 episode 3. I don’t know if you can find that part of the clip on UA-cam.

  • @takaono7243
    @takaono7243 6 років тому +277

    I'm gonna start referring to myself as "sexy little baby me".

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom 3 роки тому +20

      how has this been working out for you?

  • @cranberryflags
    @cranberryflags 7 років тому +1554

    Not that I have *any* reason to believe the writers intended this, but "1,2,3,6,8,3" is actually the first few digits of one of Feller's coin-tossing constants, which you might use if you were trying to calculate the odds of getting the same result from three consecutive coin flips (yes, I'm a nerd...)

    • @sfyc
      @sfyc 6 років тому +266

      Well, Rachel Bloom IS a fricken' genius... I wouldn't put it past her!

    • @louie2470
      @louie2470 5 років тому +46

      yes, William Feller, one of the 20th century's best probability mathematicians. At Princeton University 1950-1970.

    • @HP-zs1ch
      @HP-zs1ch 5 років тому +22

      No, you are not a nerd.
      Everyone knows that.

    • @miraculousmisery772
      @miraculousmisery772 5 років тому +132

      @@HP-zs1ch I'm a dumb then.

    • @jaimes6152
      @jaimes6152 5 років тому +164

      That... sounds likely, since she's trying to decide between two men but believes them both to be equally reasonable choices.

  • @rodvanburen6147
    @rodvanburen6147 6 років тому +686

    Watching this in context again, it occurred to me there is a reason for her playing so dumb in this song besides it being cute and funny. In real life, Rebecca's not listening to anyone, neither to the polyamourous trio she had just interviewed, nor Dr Akopian. She's oblivious to the fact that neither Josh nor Greg is offering her a relationship at this point, she is convinced she can be in a relationship with both of them, or that she needs to choose. Most importantly, she remains oblivious to what a triangle even is, seeing herself as the center. She's boy-crazy with men not even available to her, self-absorbed and clueless. That's why Rebecca acts this way in this number. 🙂

    • @jaimes6152
      @jaimes6152 5 років тому +67

      It shows self-awareness; this is her fantasy, after all. She's aware of what other people are telling her, but choosing both men sounds like the "sexy, swinging" choice. Hence, icon of innocent and ignorant sexuality, Marilyon Monroe. ;)

    • @riz8462
      @riz8462 4 роки тому +12

      God I love this show

  • @lapindurand778
    @lapindurand778 7 років тому +1038

    I suspect that all of you guys in the comment section do not really want to learn about triangles.

    • @slipknotfatman
      @slipknotfatman 6 років тому +8

      Goes to show you how many people actually miss the point of this show by diefying the same values and people Rebecca does lol.

    • @maryelephant940
      @maryelephant940 5 років тому +7

      What ? No !

    • @vingrier87
      @vingrier87 5 років тому +6

      I prefer Rebecca's spheres over her triangles

    • @daniconderesendefialho3562
      @daniconderesendefialho3562 4 роки тому +2

      Vin Grier omg-

    • @GeoD007
      @GeoD007 4 роки тому +1

      Well, to be fair, Rachel Bloom does a brilliant homage to Marilyn Monroe in a song that finds a way to make math somehow "sexy", and somehow even worked in a bit of "gallows humor", but also somehow comes off as "hot"! I mean, who'd have thunk you could do that, right? This show and the songs in it are simply amazing!

  • @l81e
    @l81e 7 років тому +361

    How can this show make me love the idea of Greg and Rebecca getting back together and also make me hate the idea and realize they need time apart?

    • @themissinglambsauce
      @themissinglambsauce 7 років тому +8

      greg has left the show for good DDD:

    • @basaksezgin5519
      @basaksezgin5519 7 років тому +3

      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @silvertamagachi
      @silvertamagachi 7 років тому +28

      Because the show makes us see everything from Rebecca's eyes, so we keep wanting to think the relationship is fated when it's really not. It's kinda brilliant like that.

    • @ratwithahat2
      @ratwithahat2 5 років тому +1

      Just thought I would reply to this comment in case you didn't hear about the recent news :)

  • @sdk310
    @sdk310 6 років тому +199

    The endless, ENDLESS, layers of comedy in this song make it BEYOND brilliant.

  • @lucyalbaumann
    @lucyalbaumann 6 років тому +39

    “Is this a triangle?”
    “No that’s a shoe”
    I CANT BREATHE

  • @julialownsbery3605
    @julialownsbery3605 7 років тому +101

    "Actually a triangle has multiple centers" gets me every time.

  • @valdoxtheunmerciful
    @valdoxtheunmerciful 3 роки тому +38

    "Lady we're all gay, we get nothing out of this"
    UM YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY OTHER HOT GAY GUYS, CAPITALIZE ON THIS OPPORTUNITY

    • @annabellelin7730
      @annabellelin7730 2 роки тому +12

      The desire to teach people is stronger than anything else. Love is temporary - knowledge is forever.

  • @scarlettbuchanan1
    @scarlettbuchanan1 7 років тому +170

    whenever I'm beaing talked down to by a guy i now saw "ohh thanks for teaching me man math"

    • @soupit32
      @soupit32 5 років тому +3

      @Liz wow you must be a real hit with the boys! Wonder if you'll ever get mansplained into having a baby with that attitude huh?

    • @LarrySonOfMilton
      @LarrySonOfMilton 4 роки тому +45

      @soupit32 mansplain me harder daddy

    • @avery8557
      @avery8557 3 роки тому +4

      soupit32 what,

    • @Haze-xr9rc
      @Haze-xr9rc 3 роки тому +5

      @@LarrySonOfMilton dEAD-

  • @Impossiblegend
    @Impossiblegend Рік тому +10

    A faint triangle is literally played whenever 'triangles' is said that's rad

  • @JamesCPotter13
    @JamesCPotter13 7 років тому +1455

    Even better....Marilyn Monroe had a genius level IQ. She just played ditzy blonde really well.

    • @melroone2852
      @melroone2852 7 років тому +76

      JamesCPotter13 it was 148 so , really high

    • @amyelinski
      @amyelinski 7 років тому +280

      Which makes this number even more fitting, since Rebecca is brilliant but embodying Marilyn for her fantasy!

    • @valibrave
      @valibrave 7 років тому +78

      JamesCPotter13 i mean 148 is not genius, but it's pretty smart (ofc, IQ dosen't reflect your actual intellect only your potential)

    • @TwiliteKiler
      @TwiliteKiler 7 років тому +45

      It can reflect potential but I wouldn't say it flat out reflects potential. Never underestimate hard work and effort.

    • @evilfriedchicken5965
      @evilfriedchicken5965 7 років тому +12

      I'm just curious, 148 on which scale? Standard deviation of 15 or 24?

  • @danakruger
    @danakruger 3 роки тому +75

    I love how genuinely devoted they are to teaching.

  • @rachelj16
    @rachelj16 3 місяці тому +8

    everyone on the internet needs to see this, i dont care that my comments going 5 years back have zero likes fuck you algorithm

  • @entertain7us148
    @entertain7us148 3 роки тому +17

    My favourite line might be “thanks for teaching me man-math!”

  • @rinindibox4906
    @rinindibox4906 3 роки тому +45

    as a Math teacher, I wish I can share this with my students

  • @KevinFalkmrbroadway456
    @KevinFalkmrbroadway456 7 років тому +273

    By far the best song so far this season from the best episode so far of this season. Though this song is truly hilarious (maybe one of the funniest the show has done) It also perfectly shows how naive Rebecca is and how she chooses (not thinks) chooses to live her in complete denial and in a world that i think she deep down knows is not actually real but she does what's most convenient for her and how she ignores anyone who tells her different or questions her logic.

  • @AlexandreFilho1705
    @AlexandreFilho1705 7 років тому +78

    Rachel did a bangup job here. Both impersonations are great, and the balance (I'd say 95% Marilyn and 5% Carol Channing) is just right.

  • @cincava31
    @cincava31 6 років тому +58

    "Grocery Clerk with half an eyelid" is one of the dancers.

  • @errolpletcher9186
    @errolpletcher9186 Рік тому +10

    Im obsessed with her strut at 1:13 😂❤

  • @PunMasterKen
    @PunMasterKen Рік тому +9

    Every triangle is a love triangle if you love triangles.

  • @Gelloufish
    @Gelloufish 7 років тому +83

    Finally a Marilyn Monroe tribute act! This gives me chills because it's 100% Marilyn Monroe song :D

    • @DesiBollywoodFan123
      @DesiBollywoodFan123 7 років тому +8

      Maria Genelyn Loubel Velasco it's supposed to be a spoof of "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" in the movie "Gentleman Prefer Blondes" and Marilyn Monroe's character is supposed to be this dumb lol. Only difference is the color scheme (in the movie it was all pink)

    • @sheshiechan
      @sheshiechan 7 років тому +6

      The Goosinator!!!!!! I think it's referencing Jane Russell's dance sequence in Anyone here for love where they're gay (and I think the movie influenced her makeover)

    • @Gelloufish
      @Gelloufish 7 років тому +3

      The Goosinator!!!!!! Ah yes of course! That's why I'm so thrilled because of the exact things you have said! I just love this song's content because it's so Marilyn Monroe :)
      And for 'Diamond's are a Girl's Bestfriend' there's this part where women in tutus would go to Marilyn holding up cut-out hearts... I guess it has something to do with season 2's opening ;)

    • @Gelloufish
      @Gelloufish 7 років тому +4

      sheshiechan I honestly just thought that the reason they are gay is so that the whole Marilyn Monroe façade would not work on them, sticking on their real intention as to provide information about triangles :3

  • @sappysuds4545
    @sappysuds4545 11 місяців тому +6

    Too few people realize the genius of this show.

  • @darkpaw1522
    @darkpaw1522 Рік тому +19

    The triangle puns in this number were hilarious. Racheal Bloom is so talented.

  • @jdstearman
    @jdstearman 3 роки тому +20

    I just realized that though she wants to understand the situation, in the end, she makes it all about her, completely ignoring the other two men in her little love triangle. Basically, she is too selfish to see how self-absorbed she is.

  • @pordondeandatomi
    @pordondeandatomi 2 роки тому +8

    I've just realised her dress is blue because her iconic episode 1 dress is blue. THIS IS THE SHOW THAT KEEPS ON GIVING!

  • @lady_kluck
    @lady_kluck Рік тому +11

    One night I was waiting for a bus and overheard a couple of young college guys talking, and one of them said "Yo, rectangles don't exist" very passionately and I had to get on the bus and never found out why rectangles don't exist. Whenever I hear this song, I think about that little moment of time

  • @marm.8469
    @marm.8469 Рік тому +6

    0:58 guy on the far left delights me lolll

  • @rosgill6
    @rosgill6 Рік тому +5

    "that's REALLY erect" 🤣
    one of the funniest moments in the whole show

  • @AGASI999
    @AGASI999 6 років тому +38

    Just started watching CRAZY EX GF on Netflix. I genuinely think this is easily the best women oriented comedy I've seen on tele to date. The musical numbers are simply superb - I was humming the very catchy "Sexy Getting Ready" song the other day. The choreography for "My very first penis" deserves an award, just thinking about it makes me laugh. Rachel, can't wait for season 4 now

  • @lemonspicer
    @lemonspicer 6 років тому +25

    why this song never got an Emmy is beyond me..

  • @justthecoolestdudeyo9446
    @justthecoolestdudeyo9446 7 років тому +98

    "That's really erect!" really is a quote that could be applied more often

  • @Stethacanthus
    @Stethacanthus 3 роки тому +20

    I feel for the professors. It kinda stings when a person approaches you and asks you to explain concepts you're very passionate about only to make it about their own laughably wrong spin on it. They were so excited to talk about triangles.

  • @istoletheuwus4205
    @istoletheuwus4205 7 місяців тому +5

    If I was a geometry teacher I’d show this every year

  • @rigrace
    @rigrace 9 місяців тому +10

    Something tells me that the real Marylin would have loved this show and interpretation of this song

    • @lailadobb9221
      @lailadobb9221 4 місяці тому +2

      Marilyn actually had an extremely high IQ and was known for her intellectual ability and was an insatiable reader. Ironic, due to Hollywood’s depiction of her (including this original number).

  • @anonymouspotato3453
    @anonymouspotato3453 Рік тому +8

    The faces of the guys saying “Actually a triangle has multiple centers” get me every time.

  • @iom4902
    @iom4902 4 роки тому +22

    "am i triangle" "WHAT, NO"
    Get's me every Time 😂

  • @zephyr8653
    @zephyr8653 7 років тому +54

    Math + a musical number = yasss

    • @kaiapelz4380
      @kaiapelz4380 6 років тому

      listen to mean girls the musical haha

  • @purplehello98
    @purplehello98 4 роки тому +15

    I can barely restrain myself from sending this to my geometry teacher.

  • @loner844
    @loner844 Рік тому +8

    if you think about it, when they go “this is bad, this is bad, we’re going to hell, this is bad” in Love Is Not A Game, it’s like how in Math of Love Triangles the professor backup dancers said stuff like “we’re a little bit concerned” - that’s her subconscious telling her that what she’s doing here is wrong, but she’s ignoring it to continue boosting up her ego by imagining that these two guys are competing over her, when neither of them have even expressed an interest in a relationship with her.

  • @SiRenfield
    @SiRenfield 2 роки тому +13

    People don’t realize how educational these songs are! What with how you learn geometry as well as how water is 2 parts hydrogen 1 part oxygen and zero parts justice!

  • @user-sp4zp5fn8x
    @user-sp4zp5fn8x 10 місяців тому +5

    Thanks for teaching me man math, you all deserve a kiss!
    Lady, we’re all gay, we get nothing out of this :D

  • @TrentAndLuke
    @TrentAndLuke 7 років тому +691

    This is giving me SMASH vibes and I'm LIVING FOR IT!

    • @aarond0623
      @aarond0623 7 років тому +18

      The good first season of Smash, not the goofy second season.

    • @DelGuy03
      @DelGuy03 7 років тому +65

      Forget Smash. This is a glorious takeoff of the original, Marilyn Monroe's classic rendition of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES.

    • @rickeyblitz2988
      @rickeyblitz2988 7 років тому +14

      DelGuy03 thank God somebody got the reference! this is classic marilyn!

    • @PaulaHowley
      @PaulaHowley 7 років тому +4

      I sent my kid a video of Marilyn in Gentlement and then Madonna's Like A virgin before the show so she would understand the takeoff better.

    • @sudevsen
      @sudevsen 7 років тому +8

      Madonna was referencing Marilyn in that vid

  • @lulucth00lhu
    @lulucth00lhu 2 роки тому +19

    I keep forgetting she’s a Harvard Law School graduate

  • @danielvazquez2141
    @danielvazquez2141 Рік тому +5

    you know how long this took me to realize that this is a bit of reference to gentlemen prefer blondes

  • @julianascholtens4467
    @julianascholtens4467 2 роки тому +7

    The guy at the front of the line at 2:05 -- his facial expressions throughout the whole song are killing me!

  • @susiecutie27
    @susiecutie27 7 років тому +66

    what a Monroe voice

    • @Drewski217
      @Drewski217 7 років тому +8

      more like Carol Channing given that Carol played the role on broadway before her so she's kind've channeling both LOL

    • @EmilyExplosion27
      @EmilyExplosion27 7 років тому +10

      Yeah, I went straight for Monroe initially because it really is just like the movie version, but the "Catch me" line was SO Carol Channing.

  • @thmad_catter
    @thmad_catter 8 місяців тому +4

    I love how you can see the internal monologue on their faces!

  • @RetepAdam
    @RetepAdam 7 років тому +46

    Thanks for teaching me man math.

  • @xoderota
    @xoderota 2 роки тому +7

    I remember watching this before I knew the show and I was so confused

  • @yyg4632
    @yyg4632 Рік тому +5

    I love the Marilyn accent impersination

  • @jackiekeating2553
    @jackiekeating2553 5 років тому +10

    The guys face when she says “catch me!” gets me every time haha

  • @j.cr.1207
    @j.cr.1207 Рік тому +5

    I need to prepare a math class about the types of triangles for ten year old kids and this is where I am

  • @EinDose
    @EinDose 7 років тому +179

    I'm still surprised that they could find that many fairly attractive gay mathematicians who could coordinate well enough for a musical number.

    • @paladin_2164
      @paladin_2164 4 роки тому +15

      Claire Proctor they didn’t necessarily head to be either gay or mathematicians they just needed to play them

    • @jash3881
      @jash3881 3 роки тому +15

      @@paladin_2164 r/woooosh

    • @paladin_2164
      @paladin_2164 3 роки тому +1

      I have a Cringy name I had no way of knowing that this was a joke, and not a person being a fool

    • @idontneedaname318
      @idontneedaname318 3 роки тому +1

      @@paladin_2164 because normal people don't have the brain capacity realize that people involved in a show are actors

    • @marocat4749
      @marocat4749 3 роки тому +1

      That they have to gay ruins the coordinate pun :P Mathemathitian are fun enough

  • @masseffect435
    @masseffect435 3 роки тому +7

    i love that she plays dummie considering that both Rebbeca and Rachel bloom are insanely smart.

  • @romypotash7114
    @romypotash7114 Рік тому +4

    I looked in the lyrics, and the professors how have like , a line to themselves, war assigned characters name (or isnthat the performers names ?) And it's the sweetest thing ever

  • @notefish328
    @notefish328 2 роки тому +14

    This is the best Crazy Ex-Girlfriend song in my opinion. Hilariously absurd, clever lyrics, super catchy, math puns. Anyone disagree? Because I’d love to hear other picks

  • @AlirioAguero2
    @AlirioAguero2 7 років тому +46

    Rebecca is our perfect Marilyn Monroe :)

  • @banrions
    @banrions 7 років тому +19

    monroe voice SPOT ON

  • @caitlinmccann5243
    @caitlinmccann5243 4 роки тому +6

    Rachel Bloom is so fucking talented

  • @yf9230
    @yf9230 3 місяці тому +3

    the og girl math iconic

  • @jaaanai
    @jaaanai 3 роки тому +6

    Me in Maths class: 0:41

  • @josephl5128
    @josephl5128 Рік тому +18

    God, I just needed a pick me up, and my brain just went “watch Love Triangles, you’ll feel better”.
    Worked like a charm.

  • @clodu987
    @clodu987 7 років тому +126

    The end of episode 3 left me really annoyed and SHOOK. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

    • @PaulaHowley
      @PaulaHowley 7 років тому +30

      IKR? Poor Paula!!!!!!!!

  • @oliviahughes3883
    @oliviahughes3883 Рік тому +6

    The 'Hypotenoose' line caught me so off guard I almost spat out my chips haha

  • @errolpletcher9186
    @errolpletcher9186 4 місяці тому +2

    The guy on the far left @ 0:58 rolling his eyes makes me LOL.

  • @chrissie627
    @chrissie627 4 роки тому +14

    If my math teacher taught me through song i wouldve actually remembered it bc god i have " a triangle is a polygon with 3 edges and 3 vertices take the base of the height cut that in half to find the area of the surfaces" stuck in my head so often 😂

  • @floatingvibez
    @floatingvibez Рік тому +8

    Rachel thank you so much for the lack of commercials on these videos so I can watch them over and over uninterrupted.

  • @actually_curious4773
    @actually_curious4773 4 роки тому +60

    I like how in the original song Marilyn sings about getting some benefit out of men and using them for her own gain, but in Rebecca's re-imagination it's about a complete ditz who can't do any math. Yet at the same time Rebecca herself would go over and beyond for men who used her and didn't give her much in return. So in a way it's the Harvard-educated intellectual Rebecca making fun of "ditzy" women while actually being dumber than them in relationships

    • @rewlprewlp3162
      @rewlprewlp3162 2 роки тому +1

      There is an original song? Can you pls tell what's it called?

    • @actually_curious4773
      @actually_curious4773 2 роки тому +3

      ​@@rewlprewlp3162 there is a movie called Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Marilyn Monroe sings a song there called Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, this song/video is heavily inspired by that performance.

    • @rewlprewlp3162
      @rewlprewlp3162 2 роки тому +1

      @@actually_curious4773 thanks!)

  • @sudevsen
    @sudevsen 7 років тому +141

    these puns are very obtuse and go over my head

    • @pirategirl102
      @pirategirl102 7 років тому +40

      Sudev Sen idk i thought it was acute song anyway

    • @kylemacdonald4653
      @kylemacdonald4653 5 років тому +14

      At this point, these puns are just a reflex.

    • @Ben-yj8ye
      @Ben-yj8ye 5 років тому +12

      I need to look at it from another angle but it’s arcing way over my head

    • @GB-xt7zm
      @GB-xt7zm 4 роки тому +8

      These puns are out of this world, I think I'm in a parallel-ogram universe.
      Stupidity at its finest, ladies and gen

  • @Ajchubgainer
    @Ajchubgainer 7 років тому +23

    I love this song and Rachel's Marilyn homage. She does the best singing-impressions. lol

  • @Yehamarin
    @Yehamarin 7 років тому +24

    I never give out 5 rating for a any show on Netflix but this one. I love this show so much!