Comedian, actor and author Michelle Buteau is busier than ever. She not only stars in BET Plus’ “First Wives Club,” hosts Netflix’s “The Circle” and will lead and executive produce “No Pulling Out Now” for Quibi, but she also recently shot an hourlong stand-up special (also for Netflix) and wrote her first book. Now, at a time when her audience may need to laugh more than ever, the fruits of that work are paying off: Her special, “Welcome to Buteaupia,” is streaming Sept. 29; and her book, “Survival of the Thickest: Essays,” is out in December, from Simon & Schuster.
In your new Netflix special, you say you’re having a “good ass year” — you have to be referencing 2019, right?
Yeah, I started working on this material last summer, and it was a good ass year, and the goodness was to be continued. I almost named the special “A Good Ass Year” and I was like,...
In your new Netflix special, you say you’re having a “good ass year” — you have to be referencing 2019, right?
Yeah, I started working on this material last summer, and it was a good ass year, and the goodness was to be continued. I almost named the special “A Good Ass Year” and I was like,...
- 9/29/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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