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Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau and Pamela Adlon Delight SXSW With ‘Raw’ Pregnancy Comedy ‘Babes’
“Babes" received a boisterous welcome at its SXSW premiere on Saturday, with stars Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau and director Pamela Adlon.
Adlon, who is making her feature directing debut with “Babes,” said that she was “moved” by the resulting script, fascinated by its depiction of “how friendships change and morph. She was particularly taken with the extended sequence dramatizing how Eden and her baby’s father, Claude (Stephan James), meet on the subway and awkwardly joke about their interest in the “feels” of unprotected sex before they eventually sleep together. But Buteau was also quick to credit the creative work Adlon, Glazer and Rabinowitz did to create a solid narrative foundation in which to play.
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