Stand up comedian Bridget Everett might not be the first person you’d think to cast as the lead in a low-key, emotionally charged dramedy, but it’s clear the writers could have had no one else in mind when they created Somebody Somewhere. The 7-episode HBO series debuts this Sunday, January 16th.
Everett—best known for her bawdy stand-up performances featuring numbers like “Pull them Up ” and “What I Gotta Do ”—was a regular on the series Inside with Amy Schumer, and starred as Barb in the 2017 movie Patti Cake$, along with small parts in other films. She’s also frequently a hit on the late-night circuit.
But when she reconnects with Joel, an old schoolmate , who confesses to having been in awe of her back in the day, it lights a spark. In the first episode, directed by Jay Duplass, the two bond over their disdain for a fellow classmate who has just written and self-published a book , that threatens to tell all about their most embarrassing high school years, when they were both in the school choir.
There she is introduced to an assortment of people who stray far afield from the typical idea of a “Midwestern type”—although that may be more of a surprise for those of us watching from the coasts who are utterly unfamiliar with life in the region than it will be for anyone who actually grew up there. Even NYC’s own downtown performance-scene regular Murray Hill is there. It’s a neon-lit escape from the drab plains of her life; more nightclub than church.
Somebody Somewhere is by turns funny and poignant, and will make viewers reconsider not only their stereotyped notion about life in a small midwestern town, but also their preconceived ideas about Everett’s range as a performer. She’s the kind of person you just can’t take your eyes off of, and Somebody Somewhere is poised to—finally—turn her into a really huge star.
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