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This is fresh air I'm Terry Gross. My guest Bridget Everett stars in the semi-autobiographical

HBO series Somebody Somewhere. The third and final season begins Sunday October 27th.

Everett is also known for her wild raunchy cabaret performances in which she does stand up and sings.

In the New York Times Stephen Holden wrote about her cabaret act,

Multiply the mouthy, flesh jiggling early Bette Midler by 100,

give her the super plus-sized figure and fashion sense of divine, the John Waters'

Diva, and the manners of a Flintstone, and you've got a rough approximation of

Bridget Everett. Holden also described her singing voice as a formidable instrument.

In somebody somewhere she plays Sam, a 40-something woman who's returned home to Manhattan,

to help care for her sister Holly, who is dying of cancer.

The series begins about six months after Holly's death.

Sam is still grieving in ways she doesn't even realize.

She has no direction.

She's lost track of what makes her happy, except

singing. And she feels like a total outsider in her small hometown until she befriends

Joel. They work at the same office, which they both hate. He's gay and single, she's single to. They share a sense of humor, have similar interests, confide in each other, and love being in each other's company. Joel reminds her they were in high school

show choir together and he always loved her voice. He's the pianist at his church and has a key,

so under the guise of choir practice, he holds regular parties for his LGBTQ friends

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