On this week’s episode of Hacks, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) finally achieves her dream of hosting a network late-night show. It’s an outcome that the series has been building toward for some three and a half seasons, and when it does finally happen, it’s a beautiful moment—despite the fact that Deborah is still at bitter odds with her head writer and closest collaborator, Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder).
you spoke about how visibility is a responsibility. You also spoke out against Big Oil and about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Have you ever received any blowback for being so vocal on political issues?
Not that I know of. I’ve had a lot of sort of online feedback, if you will. Some might call it harassment. But the support far outweighs the hate. And if there are opportunities that I’m losing, I don’t know of them. All I know is that the people that I work with now are in lockstep with me, and the people that I am working with outside of Hacks are in lockstep with me. I am really proud to work with people who share my values. I’m never gonna put a muzzle on. I’m never going to sacrifice speaking about what is happening in our country and in the world, and I feel a specific responsibility to speak. And that’s just never going to change.
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