Early in the first episode of Lady Dynamite, the groundbreaking new series just released this May on Netflix, comedian Maria Bamford steps into the office of her fictionalized manager, one Bruce Ben-Bacharach (played by Fred Melamed). A portly, balding fellow, eager to please (and to show off his new "Hollywood power desk" and "sexy Hollywood power boots"), Ben-Bacharach is ready to help Bamford grab her career by the horns after a six-month reprieve.…
Early in the first episode of Lady Dynamite, the groundbreaking new series just released this May on Netflix, comedian Maria Bamford steps into the office of her fictionalized manager, one Bruce Ben-Bacharach (played by Fred Melamed). A portly, balding fellow, eager to please (and to show off his new "Hollywood power desk" and "sexy Hollywood power boots"), Ben-Bacharach is ready to help Bamford grab her career by the horns after a six-month reprieve.…