What happens when a yearning Disney heroine grows up but never gets far - and was never a princess to begin with? Sam is a talented performer for whom not a lot went right. So, you're past the point," her sister (Mary Catherine Garrison) says. "I don't know when you think that real life starts, but you're well over 40. Sam is at an age where some of that advice might feel too late. Unfortunately, I didn't follow most of it.
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Under stained glass windows painted black, older gay men gave me the best advice of my life. That kind of community isn't allowed to survive in all small towns, though it did exist in mine, where I spent long nights in a community theatre that used to be a church. Sam is lucky enough to find a friend in fellow alum and testing center co-worker Joel (Jeff Hiller). And she's lucky that her hometown has a subculture of creative, loving and queer folk. It's hard to make friends as an adult, and "Somebody Somewhere" taps into the pandemic longing for companionship that Hulu's " Only Murders in the Building" also hit as a raw nerve. Or maybe, establishing a friendship that didn't have the chance to exist before. Her sister has since passed away, but Sam is still around, working at an educational testing center dealing with her family, including her elderly parents and meddling other sister and rekindling a friendship with a former high school classmate.
"Somebody Somewhere" follows Sam (Everett, incredible in everything she touches) who has moved back home to Manhattan, Kansas, to care for her sister.
Related: Meat Loaf taught me it's OK to have big dreams "Somebody Somewhere" asks the question: Is it enough for comedy to be kind? Is hope enough to hang a show on? And is "the eighth largest town in Kansas" big enough to hold it? That's where star Bridget Everett, who also serves as executive producer of the show, is from. It's also set in the kind of Midwestern place that gave rise to Ted (and to Sudeikis, who is from Kansas City): Manhattan, Kansas. It has fewer laughs but is heavy on the aching bittersweetness. " Somebody Somewhere," the new show on HBO, seems like the next in line for nice comedy. You don't need to be hurting someone or mocking them to tell great jokes. So does the show, which proved by example: You can have humor without spite. He's going through an emotional divorce, is separated from his kid, and dealing with all the issues that come with being hired to coach a sport you know nothing about in a new country you also know nothing about.īut despite these times that would try anyone, Ted remains good-natured, loving and small town nice.
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" Ted Lasso," the Apple+ series that swept our hearts and swept award shows starting in 2020, built upon the charm of a Midwestern guy, Jason Sudeikis' Coach Ted Lasso. In America. Would I move back to Ohio? In a heartbeat. When I was in high school, my Ohio town was voted by US News and World Report the worst place to raise children. People love where they're from, even if that place seems terrible.
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