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Comic Francesca D’Uva on How Her Dad’s Death Inspired Her New Show
“That was kind of the first very bad thing that had ever happened to me in my life.”
D’Uva uses her Max Martin–level pop-production abilities and surreal sense of humor to craft and perform musical numbers that veer in truly unexpected directions, playing every role, whether that means a love duet with herself or a Shakira impression. That was kind of the first very bad thing that had ever happened to me in my life and affected what I found funny and whether I even wanted to be writing or performing at all. Back when I was just doing comedy shows, rehearsing just meant that if someone was in the house, I would sing the song I wrote under my breath until I generally knew what I was going to perform.
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