BRIDGET EVERETT SHOWS OFF SIDE SOMEBODY SERIES

To what extent is friendship and finding fellowship and community at the heart of Somebody Somewhere?īridget Everett: “It is the heart of the series.

James Kleinmann, The Queer Review: Manhattan, Kansas has no shortage of actual churches, but there’s a beautiful moment towards the end of the season where your characters are on a minibus enjoying each other’s company and say that they’ve found their church.

BRIDGET EVERETT SHOWS OFF SIDE SOMEBODY SERIES

Photograph by Chuck Hodes/HBO.Īhead of the series launch, The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann had an exclusive conversation with Bridget Everett, Jeff Hiller, and Murray Hill over Zoom to discuss the show’s setting, inhabiting their characters, and their favourite queer culture. Jeff Hiller, Mercedes White, Murray Hill, and Bridget Everett in Somebody Somewhere. It’s an assembly of like-minded folks who gather to socialise and sing, hosted by the flashy suit-wearing, warm-hearted soil scientist by day, Fred Rococo (NYC comedy legend Murray Hill).

As a gay Christian living in a conservative town, Joel has discovered a community of fellow outsiders by creating an unsanctioned after-hours “choir practice” at his shopping mall-based church. Sam however has has no recollection of Joel from school, but they soon forge a touching friendship. While working at her mundane job grading exam papers, Sam is reunited with a high school classmate who idolizes her for her singing ability, Joel (Jeff Hiller, who you’ll recognize form memorable guest roles in shows like 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Broad City, Difficult People, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). Six months after her sister’s passing, Sam remains in Kansas as she struggles with grief and finding her place within her own family and small town life. Everett stars as Sam, a middle-aged woman who returned to her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas to look after her terminally ill sister. Somebody Somewhere, a new comedy series created by High Maintenance writers Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, which premieres on HBO this Sunday January 16th, feels like a breath of fresh air with its layered characters, unhurried pace, mix of poignant moments and gentle humour, and a compelling performance by comedian and singer Bridget Everett ( Inside Amy Schumer, Patti Cake$), who also serves as an executive producer.

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