In This Episode:
- Is Hacks the best show about comedians?
- Why Deborah Vance (Jean Smart, straight fire) is one of the most complicated characters ever created.
- Exploring the relationship/mentorship at the heart of the show.
- How Hacks celebrates the act of creativity, lays bare the cost of the creative life, and uses its two protagonists to depict the journey.
- The most painful scenes to watch.
- Deborah as a capitalist maven and how that identity aligns with her Las Vegas persona.
- How Hacks depicts the realities of misogyny in the entertainment industry but is also hopeful.
- Looking ahead to Season 4.
Link City:
The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women: 50 Trailblazers of Comedy (Sheila’s Book)
Stay Curious (Sheila’s Newsletter)
