Haters Back Off
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| Genre | Comedy |
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Miranda Sings by Colleen Ballinger |
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| Music by | Amotz Plessner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Location(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Running time | 30–35 minutes |
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| Original network | Netflix |
| Original release | October 14, 2016 – present |
Haters Back Off is a television comedy series starring Colleen Ballinger, based on her character Miranda Sings, that was released on Netflix on October 14, 2016. The "surreal and absurd" series centers around the family life of Miranda Sings, a sheltered, self-absorbed, overconfident and untalented young performer who seeks fame on YouTube. The half-hour episodes depict Miranda's road to fame, and the price she pays for trampling on the feelings of others, from the time she uploads her first video until one of her videos goes viral. The show co-stars Angela Kinsey as Bethany, Miranda's mother, Steve Little as Jim, Miranda's uncle, Francesca Reale as Emily, Miranda's sister, and as Patrick, Miranda's best friend. Netflix describes the show as "a bizarre family comedy, and a commentary on society today and our fascination with fame."
The show was developed by Colleen Ballinger and her brother, Christopher Ballinger, together with showrunners Gigi McCreery and Perry Rein. It is produced by Brightlight Pictures. The show is named for Miranda Sings' signature catchphrase that she uses when responding to negative comments on her YouTube videos. The series' eight episodes were released simultaneously worldwide. The show is one of the first scripted series created by a YouTube personality.
Netflix has renewed the series for an 8-episode second season, to be released in 2017. Ballinger told Entertainment Weekly that the writers plan to continue pulling stories "from things that actually happened to me in my career" and that "Miranda has a lot of mending relationships to do." The season is set to introduce Miranda's father, played by Matt Besser.
Since 2008, Colleen Ballinger has posted videos as her comically talentless, narcissistic and quirky character, Miranda Sings, primarily on the YouTube channel Miranda Sings. The character is a satire of bad, but egotistical, performers who film themselves singing as a form of self-promotion. Miranda is portrayed as a home-schooled young woman who is eccentric and infantilized, narcissistically believes that she was born famous, and is obsessed with show business fame. Miranda uses spoonerisms and malapropisms, is irritable, ludicrously self-absorbed and self-righteous, socially awkward, and has a defiant, arrogant attitude. She responds to people who offer criticism with the catchphrase, "Haters back off!"
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