Pop Culture Happy Hour's picks for 2016 include The New Yorker profile of Leslie Jones,
Fleabag on Amazon, musician Mitski and HBO's Veep.
Not exact matches
A young woman (
Fleabag) tries to deal with the pressures of her family, London and the death of her best friend all while creating a humorous commentary
on her journey.
Each of
Fleabag's six episodes is a tightly - composed variation
on her character's wild, bad - girl humor, and her personal (especially sexual) and professional frustration.
Based
on the play by Phoebe Waller - Bridge, the BBC3 comedy series focuses
on an angry, self - loathing 20 - something nicknamed
Fleabag (Phoebe Waller - Bridge) deals with struggles with running her cafe and the memory of the death of her best friend with one - night stands, stealing and drinking.
Female performance in a comedy programme Diane Morgan — Cunk
on Shakespeare (BBC2) Lesley Manville — Mum (BBC2) Phoebe Waller - Bridge —
Fleabag (BBC3) Olivia Colman —
Fleabag (BBC3)
After appearing in films like Albert Nobbs with Glenn Close and The Iron Lady with Meryl Streep (she'll next be in the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff movie), Waller - Bridge, she wrote the one - woman play that served as inspiration for
Fleabag, which ended ip premiering its first season
on Amazon in July of 2016.
One of those performers was Phoebe Waller - Bridge, whose excellent performance
on Amazon's
Fleabag, a show she created, writes, and stars in, based
on her own one - woman show.
«Killing Eve» is a new drama from Phoebe Waller - Bridge, creator of the singularly screwy charmer «
Fleabag,» premiering
on BBC America
on Sunday, April 8.
Hailing her as one of NME's People Of The Year, we wrote: «When
Fleabag debuted
on BBC3 this summer it made thousands of young women across the country gawp in wonder and yell, «OMG, that's me!»
«
Fleabag» star Phoebe Waller - Bridge is reported to be in talks for a role in the upcoming «Star Wars «spin - off movie based
on the life of young Han Solo.
Waller - Bridge's
Fleabag — a character based
on a one - woman show that had impressed 2013 Edinburgh Festival crowds with its no - holds - barred depiction of female sexuality — was kind of a d ** k.
Waller - Bridge, 31, is the creator, writer, and star of last fall's pitch - black
Fleabag (also
on Amazon Prime), based
on her 2013 award - winning one - woman play about a damaged woman who's grieving the death of her best friend in none of the standard Kübler - Ross ways.
The
Fleabag and Killing Eve series creator is putting complex, dangerous, relatable women
on screen.
Listen as Richard Lawson interviews The Big Sick's Michael Showalter, Desta talks about her piece
on Fleabag's Phoebe Waller - Bridge, and Mike Hogan, Katey Rich, and Joanna Robinson sing the praises of Carrie Coon's double duty in The Leftovers and Fargo.
The W1A and
Fleabag actor
on the weird humour of Julia Davis, lovely but lethal sandwiches, and Nina Simone
You can stay in the worst
fleabag motel with dripping taps and electric baseboard heaters, but it will have a «save our planet» sign when all they really care about is saving
on their laundry bill.