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Lady Dynamite
When your biggest symptom is saying yes to everything. 🐶 Recovery is weird. Lady Dynamite gets it.
Who it's for
Maria Bamford plays a version of herself, and the show draws directly on her own experience of bipolar disorder, which it names.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Lady Dynamite is a Netflix comedy created by Pam Brady and Mitch Hurwitz that ran for two seasons from 2016 to 2017. Maria Bamford stars as a fictionalized version of herself in a series loosely based on her life, returning to Los Angeles after six months away in recovery for bipolar disorder and trying to rebuild her life and career with help from her manager Bruce Ben-Bacharach (Fred Melamed).
Where to find it
Netflix (Netflix original). Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Suicidal depression and psych treatment.
Age: Not verified (Common Sense lists NR; suggested 15+)
“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all –Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers” (poem 314)
