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the Hollywood Reporters Weekly Awards Podcast.

I'm Scott Feinberg, the host, and I'm so pleased to be joined on this episode by the great Sarah Silverman.

You know her mainly as a comedian, but she is also a very talented, actress as you may have seen a few years ago in a little

indie called Take This Waltz, but also as we're seeing to a degree never before seen in I Smile Back a broad green release that was acquired

out of Sundance and that is slowly rolling out in select theaters.

It's a dark story that is not going to be the easiest sell for a lot of people, but it features a performance that can hold its own among the best of the year in my opinion and in the opinion of many others who've seen it.

Unfortunately, the challenge is getting people to check it out because people have a hard time,

A, with wanting to deal with this kind of subject matter.

Sarah plays a wife and mother who is secretly

battling terrible addiction and depression.

And that is not the most appealing logline.

But she gives a performance of really great nuance and skill and I think will surprise

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