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Lake Bell on Creating a TV Show Skewering Coastal Elitism

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‘Jackie Brown’ actress (and real-life farm owner) Pam Grier shares why the version of the heartland in Lake Bell’s new TV series ‘Bless This Mess’ hits so close to home.

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Ed Herrera

Lake Bell did it. She got “Pam—motherfucking—Grier.”

About a year ago, the actress was shopping around her upcoming TV show Bless This Mess, a fish-out-of-water comedy about New York newlyweds who leave behind kombucha and ashwagandha hot teas for actual wellness as Nebraskan farmers.

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