Im a cheap date for the core traits ofIm Dying Up Here.
The Showtime series (returning Sunday at 10 p.m.
This can be wearisome, but everyone I know considers themselves symbols of something.
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Im Dying Up Herewas also watched by barely anyone last year.
Youd expect a dramatic shake-up in season 2, a big swing towards a larger audience.
There are two kinds of people onIm Dying Up Here:miserable struggling comedians, and miserable successful comedians.
Goldie (Melissa Leo) is planning an exciting comedy-club expansion, but mostly shes sad about her daughter.
That feeling of numbness extends throughout the cast.
But the former feels too broad, and the latter always on the nose.
(Dreams, Cassie muses, Arent those the things youre supposed to wake up from?)
Theres a generous honesty in those scenes, but the shows vision ofactually performingstand-up feels vague, prosaic.
I wouldnt be here, she explains, If I didnt see the special in him.
To quote Sad Brad Garrett, the sh blurs.
