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Philbin, and their children, was seemingly born thoughtful, he didn’t always obsess over moral dilemmas. While Schur, 46, who lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the screenwriter J.J. (She also praises Schur as a “true ally” to the show’s Native American writers.) He can go from deep discussions about philosophers whose names I can’t pronounce right into vomit jokes”-all as part of a show about a small town and a growing cultural and political conflict between white and Native American communities. “Mike is unapologetically earnest and seeks ways to present how difficult the world is but also how the world should be-without making it feel like homework,” says Rutherford Falls co-creator and showrunner Sierra Teller Ornelas. This is not a typical conversation in the world of sitcoms, an arena where Schur’s track record is hard to top: he was an executive producer on The Office, then co-created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, created The Good Place and, most recently, co-created Rutherford Falls. “I don’t know why anyone would decline any school of thought if it has something good to teach you.” He favors Aristotle, but will also turn to utilitarianism, Kant, ubuntu, and existentialism.
