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Maria Bamford Is Lying To Belong
Maria Bamford – CROWD-PLEASER! From the jump, Maria Bamford brings her signature frantic, haphazard energy, doing a Chicago word association (“Hot dog, wind”) as she greets the audience. The Lady Dynamite actor is about as endearingly goofy as comedians get, and it’s because of this that her jokes, especially her diatribes about mental health, work so well. Bamford is a rare comic who can make you laugh about intrusive thoughts and suicidal ideation thanks to both her absurdity and unflinching frankness. Key to Bamford’s silliness and, thus, her success is her voice. Referring to someone’s…
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