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1 week ago

The Most Interesting Thing About John Early's Directorial Debut Is Not That He's Playing a Woman

John Early’s Maddie’s Secret is an inventive, gimlet-eyed directorial debut where he stars as a fraught food influencer blending melodrama, TV-movie tropes, and alt-comedy.
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2 weeks ago

Edinburgh Comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti: Actually, this whole show is a monumental failure!'

A year ago my girlfriend asked me to marry her, says Nicoresti on accepting the 10,000 prize last weekend. [When] we were talking about how to pay for the wedding, I joked and said, It's easy, I'll just win the Edinburgh comedy award'. Can it be true? Is Nicoresti not only the first transgender winner of the so-called Oscars of comedy, but the first ever to manifest victory by force of strategic will?
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