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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: Bridget Everett Never Thought HBO’s ‘Somebody Somewhere’ Would Happen
Description: Bridget Everett never thought she’d be the lead of a TV show. “I come from the downtown world in New York, a cabaret singer, and these things just don’t happen, you don’t find yourself with three seasons of HBO. It just doesn’t happen.” But it happened. On Somebody Somewhere (October 27), Everett plays Sam, a woman struggling through a midlife crisis with the help of her family and colorful friends in rural Kansas. Set in her actual hometown, Everett says, “it’s a lot of me that you’re seeing, warts and all.” “Even if you don’t look like the pe...