Kaitlin Olson and Jeff Chang

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Kaitlin Olson plays Sweet Dee on the long-running sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Dee is the only female member of "The Gang", a bunch of depraved, self-centered pals who run a bar. The Gang is constantly looking for ways to get rich quick, humiliate their enemies, get out of work, and prove once and for all the talent, charisma and brilliance they hold to be self-evident. In an unusual move for a solo female character, Dee doesn't serve to counterbalance the guys' bad behavior — she absolutely matches their pace. Olson talks to us about creating a more fully-fleshed character for Dee, how she came to comedy, and how she ended up dating (and marrying) her showrunner. Jeff Chang talks to us about what diversity means to us today, the struggle for artists to defy racial categorization, and how and why corporations embraced multiculturalism. Chang's newest book- We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation- is an exploration of the current unrest abound in the United States through a series of essays. Jesse also tells us about the life and legend of Andre the Giant.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:13.5	I'm Jesse Thorn. Have you seen it's always sunny in Philadelphia?
0:18.2	Caitlin Olson plays a character named Sweet D.
0:21.4	There's a scene where D startles and honestly I don't even remember why.
0:26.9	Runs out of a store.
0:28.4	Excuse me.
0:29.3	And it runs straight into a car parked on the sidewalk.
0:32.3	Headfirst.
0:35.3	It's like a beautiful ballet move.
0:37.3	Thank you.
0:39.3	Thank you. I was very proud of that.
0:41.3	I even managed to make canyons have it.
0:45.3	I have convinced that we're running into a parked car headfirst.
0:49.3	You just do it and hope that people laugh.
0:51.3	I hope that nothing breaks again.
0:54.3	It's Bullseye.
1:00.3	Coming up I'll talk to Caitlin Olson.
1:03.3	She and I will talk about morally broken comedy characters.
1:06.3	And whether it's a good idea to fall in love with the creator of the TV show on which you act.
1:11.3	Your character, these self-obsession, evilness, stupidity, absolutely keeps pace with the milk.
1:21.3	Yeah, thank you.
1:26.3	Then later I'll talk to Jeff Chang.
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