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!!!!

[@arianalbert]

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

[@zerjiozerjio]

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

[@itsrainingmelons6202]

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

[@fabiononis4066]

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

[@itsrainingmelons6202]

@@fabiononis4066 😂

[@Kyym-ft1dz]

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

[@teraphIl1000]

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

[@sheshiechan]

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]

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]

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]

we are all of us rebecca bunch

[@maryelephant940]

Lady, we´re all gay.

[@thirteenfury]

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

[@UnRubenDario]

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

[@WannabeWryter]

thirteenfury hahaha clever

[@danielsouthern7920]

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

[@harshpeter]

"i" can't believe that joke.

[@annas9016]

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

[@guppy2816]

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

[@rodvanburen6147]

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

[@rodvanburen6147]

@@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]

She went to Harvard and yale, she knows her triangles

[@vixxcelacea2778]

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

[@soaribb32]

@@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...

[@g_way]

"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]

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

[@alyssa-vi4jt]

Brack Carmony I think they’re very cute

[@thebiggestcauldron]

@@brackcarmony6385 Speak for Yourself!

[@MrEveningsun]

@@brackcarmony6385 Whaaat?

[@vuongthang1993]

@@brackcarmony6385 I think the Asian professor looks really cute

[@christinaishere9018]

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]

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

[@eloijones882]

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]

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

[@omichillian]

@@77734694 Harvard but yes

[@33LB]

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.

[@DS-fv4rx]

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

[@ceruleanhearts7604]

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

[@nobody_5982]

It’s the perfect solution!

[@user-jn1wm3tb8v]

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

[@Djinn_Entonic]

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

[@nobody_5982]

@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

[@ColonelGreen]

"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]

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

[@rowanboleyn7383]

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

[@marocat4749]

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

[@expatchrisGerUK]

@@rowanboleyn7383 a AA

[@WynneL]

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

[@quiroz923]

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

[@halfthiveye182]

quiroz923 and not even attracted to you

[@ciaranmcloughlin7165]

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

[@melroone2852]

She does such a good Marilyn impression

[@3NU]

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

[@allieschwarz8023]

+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]

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]

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

[@lotus_dream]

Girl best friend***

[@sus817]

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]

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]

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

[@ratontheleft]

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]

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

[@Ryan4891s]

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

[@kball4737]

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

[@leemcgucken]

didnt even realise omg

[@cl22396]

Except these ones are gay

[@Silvercentipede]

Wow good catch

[@michaelscott3174]

@That_One_Idiot What are you implying?

[@jamiehood850]

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

[@TigerNightmare]

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

[@RetepAdam]

1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 3, *GO!*

[@annaelizabeth9706]

RetepAdam You don't seem to know how to count.

[@raissatayna7833]

We're sincerely worried about you

[@XavierRD]

Catch me!

[@minimooster7258]

You're ruining the number!

[@alanacantcope]

"We're sincerely worried about you."

[@TashJansson]

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

[@alanacantcope]

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

[@PaulaHowley]

Me too.

[@jackofalltrades6718]

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

[@emilyhyang]

"Actually a triangle has multiple centers" killed me

[@briannagravely9349]

much like a healthy polyam couple!

[@briannagravely9349]

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

[@seemunwong7820]

eeeee2​@@briannagravely9349

[@Ayelen013]

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]

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.

[@sexypants1851]

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

[@felixhaggblom7562]

That's just being a math teacher

[@B4R0N.]

"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*

[@marciadale50]

Dpssss

[@PsychoSoprano]

You are my hero

[@rshiftyXO]

Same

[@gabrielmc44]

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]

PsychoSoprano OMG I love this show too!

[@kittyquiqui]

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

[@brendanmoreilly]

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

[@LuisMedina1]

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]

Also the gay representation... Ugh her mind

[@SkyWireMashups]

Like proper teachers!

[@alyssa-vi4jt]

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

[@mistyday3765]

The funny part is that she is pretty smart

[@masseffect435]

@@mistyday3765 she is insanely smart.

[@musicaltheatrelover4717]

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

[@luigiiodice3517]

SHIT I JUST NOTICED THAT🤯🤯

[@randomstranger623]

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

[@garotapsykoze138]

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

[@worm4165]

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

[@juliaborsos1418]

omg lol I did not notice the triangle until now!

[@marcowina2572]

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]

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” 😅😅

[@JamesCPotter13]

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

[@melroone2852]

JamesCPotter13 it was 148 so , really high

[@amyelinski]

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

[@valibrave]

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

[@TwiliteKiler]

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

[@evilfriedchicken5965]

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

[@lapindurand778]

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

[@slipknotfatman]

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]

What ? No !

[@vingrier87]

I prefer Rebecca's spheres over her triangles

[@daniconderesendefialho3562]

Vin Grier omg-

[@GeoD007]

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!

[@cranberryflags]

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]

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

[@louie2470]

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

[@HP-zs1ch]

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

[@miraculousmisery772]

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

[@jaimes6152]

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

[@BlackieChan21E]

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

[@takakhan-z3w]

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

[@DrWhom]

how has this been working out for you?

[@danakruger]

I love how genuinely devoted they are to teaching.

[@rodvanburen6147]

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]

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]

God I love this show

[@connorbrady-ladygagafan1115]

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]

Where can I find this?

[@minnie7453]

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 KZbin.

[@katekursive1370]

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

[@oof-rr5nf]

N E V E R

[@artisticloko]

Welcome to the hole of content it never ends

[@BonnerDoemling]

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

[@cervicalvertebrea]

is it just me, or does this number start with a chime from a triangle?

[@cincava31]

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

[@medhaasthana8682]

cincava where? I don’t believe so

[@TamaCinema69]

So is father Brah

[@beckhampang191]

@@TamaCinema69 no he isn't

[@darkpaw1522]

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

[@valdoxtheunmerciful]

"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]

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

[@l81e]

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]

greg has left the show for good DDD:

[@basaksezgin5519]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@silvertamagachi]

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]

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

[@scarlettbuchanan1]

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

[@soupit32]

@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]

@soupit32 mansplain me harder daddy

[@avery8557]

soupit32 what,

[@Haze-xr9rc]

@@LarrySonOfMilton dEAD-

[@pordondeandatomi]

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

[@anonymouspotato3453]

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

[@lulucth00lhu]

I keep forgetting she’s a Harvard Law School graduate

[@BiratesoftheCaribbean]

Idk man, you're stuck with 9 other gay math professors... Do you REALLY get NOTHING out of this?

[@sdk310]

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

[@michaelpiazza7082]

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

[@clodu987]

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

[@PaulaHowley]

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

[@notefish328]

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

[@j.cr.1207]

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

[@stephenlepage]

Did anyone else notice the error in the diagram at 1:18? The formula is only correct if you draw the triangle with ‘a’ opposite ‘A’, ‘b’ opposite ‘B’ and ‘c’ opposite ‘C’. :-D

[@Benedetta-Marcarini]

Lmao nerd thanks for your service

[@lindsaydiaz2330]

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

[@EinDose]

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]

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

[@jash3881]

@@paladin_2164 r/woooosh

[@paladin_2164]

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

[@idontneedaname318]

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

[@marocat4749]

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

[@sarahslayzzz653]

1:52 the way the guy just halfheartedly pushes her, while the other guy tries to comfort him IT KILLS MEEEEE

[@SecretlyMikeYoung]

When they sing "thing angle's right," they show an equilateral triangle, which does not contain any right angles. This bothers me for some reason.

[@andysss456]

Aye, I kept rewatching that part to see if i was missing anything, but i think not.

[@Ben-yj8ye]

Yeah

[@Rapixxx]

So I’m not the only one! 😂

[@riz8462]

NERD

[@petarus625]

Yeah, that kinda peeved me as well, and I'm surprised no other comment is talking about it!

[@amityislandchum]

Her Marilyn Monroe impression kills me! Especially the speaking parts!

[@chrissie627]

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 😂

[@violapastuszyn1349]

RIP Adam Schlesinger. :-(

[@Gelloufish]

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

[@DesiBollywoodFan123]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@justthecoolestdudeyo9446]

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

[@maryelephant940]

Are we not doing phrasing anymore )(=?

[@just-trying-my-best-everyday]

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[@justthecoolestdudeyo9446]

@@just-trying-my-best-everyday Nice!

[@mayacrolene4226]

Is this a triangle? No thats a shoe. Is this a triangle? No thats you. So I'm a triangle? What?

[@beckhampang191]

She broke character lmao Like her face just "existential crisis" I'm a triangle?!?!?

[@TrentAndLuke]

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

[@aarond0623]

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

[@DelGuy03]

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]

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

[@PaulaHowley]

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]

Madonna was referencing Marilyn in that vid

[@KevinFalkmrbroadway456]

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.

[@AGASI999]

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

[@AlexandreFilho1705]

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.

[@julialownsbery3605]

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

[@princegrimhilde1589]

I can't stop taking like her now

[@rin_box]

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

[@JonathanSicoli]

Do it. Be the fun teacher.

[@giordanodsouza9563]

It's educational

[@simrenbajaj6000]

@@JonathanSicolithey can’t show it in school because of the sex jokes

[@sandraazocar]

This song is pure genious! Same as "remember that we suffered". Rachel, Alina and the writers of this show are creative geniuses.

[@sudevsen]

these puns are very obtuse and go over my head

[@pirategirl102]

Sudev Sen idk i thought it was acute song anyway

[@kylemacdonald4653]

At this point, these puns are just a reflex.

[@Ben-yj8ye]

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

[@GB-xt7zm]

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

[@romypotash7114]

I'm now studying in university for a math degree, first year. One of the other women I studying with has befriended several gay man in the class, and she really likes to teas them by playing dumb and flirty with them. And I re heard this song a few days ago and I just sent it to her and she told me the "lady we all gay" really hit

[@aznthy]

Ok liar...nice "story"

[@vizyon4020]

I thought the period sex song was gonna be a actual song cuh 😭

[@PaulaHowley]

They'll bring it back later- guaranteed.

[@sudevsen]

they have too....shit is scary,I need to go apologise to some bitches

[@Sheila42]

It's online only but they finally did it!

[@andrewherrmann7537]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5LFY3WiedWDrrM

[@Coolfizz10]

This has definitely been the funniest song this season. Had me laughing out loud CONSTANTLY. Bravo.

[@baileymatheny7566]

“Thanks for teaching me man math”

[@SirEriol]

In _Gentlemen preffer Blondes,_ Marylin's character, (who is not a dumb blonde but chooses to act that way because women need money and a rich husband is the easiest way for her to get it), performs the song Rebecca is homaging her to mock her husband. _Diamond are a Girl's Best Friend_ is a diegetic song that plays on the Stupid Girly to say "fuck you" to a man. Rebecca here is taking the glamorous aspect of it and ignores the context, which most people do. We know the song without the need to see the movie. Therefore, _The Math of Love Triangles_ is a non-diegetic song that performs the Stupid Girly to attrack a man. It's a very clever homage, because it undeestands its origin very well. A blonde in pink becomes a brunette in blue because it knows what works and plays with it. Also, DAMN, REBECCA, EVEN ON YOUR MIND MEN REJECT YOU.

[@entertain7us148]

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

[@lucyalbaumann]

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

[@actually_curious4773]

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]

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

[@actually_curious4773]

​@@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]

@@actually_curious4773 thanks!)

[@thegoodgolly1465]

This is an older video by now and everyones pointed out how this taking place in her head means she knows all the information but is intentionally putting herself in the position of being dumb because of her self image. But I need to add this to the endless pile anyway: I love that her knowledge is inconsistent during the song. It effectively highlights that she, herself, is intentionally acting dumb. Some segments she doesnt know what a triangle is or how to count. Some she is coming in with her own puns like "which man's more acute" or "swinging from a hypotenuse." Shes unable to leave the good jokes behind and makes it clear shes putting her intelligence down on purpose.

[@jdstearman]

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.

[@leachristine5264]

I first watched this episode on a plane and let out a big single HAH! When they went "what?! No!"

[@Dylan-zo6zo]

Them saying “you’re ruining the number” means they actually had a song to teach her about triangles.

[@AlicePedersen-lk8cs]

Actually came to this video years later to review trig formulas for my entrance test for college 😭😭

[@rowanatkinson3594]

I'm not going to lie, the whole Marilyn Monroe Ingenue "oh jeeze I'm just a girl, but sexy!" thing creeps me right the fuck out.

[@rowanatkinson3594]

The idea of an idealized sexual partner being as childlike as possible really grosses me out, is the idea.

[@shehamforash]

I personally think you should thank the guy.

[@rowanatkinson3594]

Hey, no problem. It just sort of feels like you're taking advantage, is the thing. Obviously this is an exaggerated version (some of Monroe's ingenues had some genuine teeth and played it up to take advantage of men: see "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend" ) but I like a girl who can catch me off guard, out of personal preference.

[@cjurschik]

Aaactually Rachel Bloom has said a couple of times how fascinating she finds Marilyn Monroe, and the sexy french depression was partly born out of that. So I think she plays that perfectly. In universe, Rebecca tries to play dumb, tries to protect herself from awareness of what it is really happening.

[@rowanatkinson3594]

Oh for sure, Monroe is an incredibly interesting woman and Bloom plays the role perfectly. I didn't know she found Monroe to be such an icon, that's pretty cool!

[@rachelj16]

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

[@rigrace]

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

[@lailadobb9221]

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).

[@maddiebarraclough7812]

I love how Rachel is set up as super smart (at law though, which I guess is a different subject) and then just sees herself as stupid in her daydreams and stuff. Interesting.

[@karleyjojohnston6835]

One two three six eight three go

[@bellkah50]

what are known me now

[@bellkah50]

what are known me now

[@BWQK1]

only in rebecca's head could she do a number like that w/o her dress falling down (how did rachel do that number w/o her dress falling down?!!? costuming is the true miracle)

[@АбдулхамидСоломонов]

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

[@Stethacanthus]

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.

[@bruxism666]

me too :(

[@RetepAdam]

Thanks for teaching me man math.

[@tylerchannell6868]

That is my favorite part 😂😂

[@PunMasterKen]

Every triangle is a love triangle if you love triangles.

[@Impossiblegend]

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

[@kyleqing4181]

The triangle is mislabeled!!! 1:19 how am i supposed to learn about triangles now? also at 2:27 none of those angles are right!

[@sarahgent2674]

Kyle Qing Mislabeled how?

[@kyleqing4181]

the edges should have the same letters as their opposite vertices. otherwise that accompanying equation does not work.

[@sarahgent2674]

Oh, I didn't notice that. That bodes well for my taking Advanced Higher Maths.

[@cufflink44]

Kyle Qing I was about to comment on the same thing. Glad you noticed it first. You'd think they could at least get high school geometry right!

[@sarahw.1422]

The real Gay Agenda™ is getting everyone on Earth to watch this show. Personally I'm doing my part xoxo

[@nataliereynolds8981]

Absolutely in love with her

[@gerstein03]

Watching Rebecca act this way after watching the reprise is a very disheartening experience. But it also makes her ultimate growth all the more satisfying because of it

[@lady_kluck]

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

[@purplehello98]

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

[@ErikUden]

Love this so much

[@AlirioAguero2]

Rebecca is our perfect Marilyn Monroe :)

[@willspencer3610]

Rachel deserved a Lead Actress Emmy nomination for this song alone!