She's hilarious, filthy and so supremely comfortable with her voice, her body and her sheer, scintillating presence that she casts a spell over the audience. It's impossible to watch actor, comedian and singer Bridget Everett in action on a cabaret stage without surrendering to the experience and goggling like a fool. This article was originally published on TODAY.Sam (Bridget Everett) and Joel (Jeff Hiller) bond over student essays in Somebody Somewhere. "I call it 'slam, slam, tender.' You hit 'em over the head with some jams and then you come in with a tender moment and break their heart." You've got to do it in a way that engages people and that's through humor," she says. "I'm not going to just sit there and tell sad stories. Which, if nothing else, perfectly sums up the essence of "Somebody Somewhere." More than that, she says it helps the audience recognize that, in the end, it's "just a body" and what matters more is connecting with people on a deeper emotional level, while still having "a little fun" at the same time. "How freeing, going on a stage with no bra on and a plunging neckline when you're a plus-size middle-aged women, can be." "It's been the perfect training ground of the broad ends of the emotional spectrum," Everett says. A cabaret performer for many years, Everett's as much known for her singing as she is for her unabashed stage show, which she says helped prepare her for her role in "Somebody Somewhere."
What's not scary for Everett is letting it all hang out, figuratively as well as literally. He's so open and charismatic, she can't deny him - but it's still scary for her." "You have friends like Joel, who's undeniable.
But there's also parts of it that I feel are beautiful," she says. You're letting people see an ugly side of you or a side of you you wouldn't want people to see. Whether it's sitting in her underpants or belting out Laura Branigan's "Gloria" in the car, Everett's portrayal of Sam is utterly fearless and, more than that, vulnerable. And I think Sam has those same problems," Everett says. But a lot of it was sort of self-inflicted. I felt really shut down and lonely for a long time and isolated. Like her character in "Somebody Somewhere," Everett, too, wasn't able to connect with her own feelings for a long period of her life. "They're both lifelines - the laughter and then the tears," Everett says. "My mom just died and the way that everybody was handling it was by laughing and making jokes. I walk through life that way," Everett says and explains that when she was growing up, her family often dealt with pain and trauma with humor. "I feel like I teeter between laughter and tears. And, most recently, her mom, Fredrica, died on May 5. Bridget Everett talks about Somebody Somewhere (HBO)Įverett's vulnerability is understandable given that so many aspects of the show closely mirror her own life, including her family.
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