Patti Harrison Takes The Lead In 'Together Together'

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🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Patti Harrison is known for bringing her absurd, caustic, yet charming comedy to supporting roles on shows like Search Party, Broad City and Shrill. But now she's in a starring role in the romantic comedy Together Together. In it, Harrison plays a young single woman who agrees to be a gestational surrogate for a single man in his 40s, played by Ed Helms. Sam talks to Patti about what it was like to play a role different from everything she's done before, why Together Together is even billed as a rom-com, and the quandary of representation as a trans woman.

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0:00.0	Listeners, heads up.
0:01.2	This conversation is a little raunchy.
0:04.1	I mean, a lot raunchy.
0:05.6	My guest and I are gonna talk about sex and poop,
0:09.0	and she will use profanity.
0:10.9	Perhaps not the best for kids,
0:12.4	but it sure is a fun chat.
0:15.3	Hey, I'll Sam Sanders here.
0:16.4	You are listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
0:19.4	So I think the best way to introduce my guest
0:22.1	is to play a little bit of this weird and strange
0:25.0	and hilarious video of hers.
0:27.4	Hi everyone, and welcome to Patty Reviews.
0:30.0	I'm here with The Nature Nick.
0:31.4	We have a Honduran milk snake.
0:34.1	That's it, you got it, yeah?
0:35.8	And as that from...
0:39.4	A lion.
0:40.6	Oh, no, no, no, no.
0:42.5	That is comedian and actress Patty Harrison.
0:45.4	And this video is bonkers.
0:47.9	It's set up like one of those morning news segments
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