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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Jamie New (Max Harwood) is a teenager from Sheffield who dreams of life on stage. While his classmates plan their livelihoods after they leave school, Jamie contemplates revealing his secret career ambition to become a fierce and proud drag queen. His best friend Pritti (Lauren Patel) and his loving mum (Sarah Lancashire) shower him with endless support, while local drag legend Miss Loco Chanelle (Richard E. Grant) mentors him toward his debut stage performance. But Jamie also has to contend with an unsupportive father (Ral[h Ineson), an uninspired careers advisor (Sharon Horgan), and some ignorant school kids who attempt to…
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Who is Fleabag Talking to When She Breaks the Fourth Wall?

This article contains spoilers for the ending of Fleabag. Even people who have yet to immerse themselves in the hope, wonder, and agony of Fleabag probably know the structural “gimmick” of the Emmy-winning Amazon Prime series: protagonist Fleabag, played by series creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, routinely breaks the fourth wall. Throughout the series, she turns to the camera, and tells the viewer what she is really thinking and feeling, usually in the form of a snarky joke. The series ends with Fleabag walking away from the camera, leaving us viewers behind. While the “mystery” of who Fleabag is talking to may…
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