'Hacks' Creators on How Jean Smart 'Elevated' Their Vision for the HBO Max Comedy | Arts & Entertainment
Set against the Vegas landscape, Hacks tells a story of two women who have been ousted by an unforgiving industry but are still holding onto their comedy genius. âItâs a kind of place where people go to get lost and go to have a lot of fun,â Downs says of Vegas, âbut when youâre sequestered there and you live there, [Deborah]âs kind of the queen of nowhere⦠Hopefully, it also echoes the themes of women who have been easily cast aside.â âIt was a bit up in the air⦠we were like, âOh, if we could ever get Jean Smart, can you imagine?'â...
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