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‘Hacks’ Season 4 Shows the Promise, and Peril, of a Female-Led Late Night Franchise
On 'Hacks,' Deborah Vance's experience as the first female late-night host shows us an uncomfortable reality about women in TV.
“How about you not think of me as a woman, OK?” Deborah Vance tells a group of journalists in the first episode of the fourth season of “ Hacks,” as they interrogate her about her pathbreaking role as the first female late-night host. And yet as the season has continued, it has made the case that Deborah being a woman is both a stumbling block, in that it leads her audience to prejudge her, and a secret strength, in that she bristles against that judgment with brio and a witty rage. It’s a fool’s errand: One scene that reveals the perspective of series creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky centers on a focus group evaluating Deborah herself.
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