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Mary Elizabeth Williams

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Bridget everett puts it all out there - The Untold Story

Bridget Everett is dancing to Blondie and Bette Midler. She is snarling like a tiger and kicking up her high heels as she poses for photographs in Salon’s New York studio. And all I want to do is tell her about the dead people in my life. 

The star, writer and executive producer of HBO Max's beautifully honest and critically-acclaimed show "Somebody Somewhere," which winds down after three seasons this Sunday, first gained attention for her fearlessly campy cabaret act. She gained wider exposure through her work on the Comedy Central sketch show “Inside Amy Schumer” and Schumer’s raunchy rom-com “Trainwreck.” Now, she has emerged as one of our greatest storytellers on loss and loneliness.

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