, the reliably funny Lennon Parham breaks down her character Shelly's unexpected journey in season 1 and hopes for future episodes of the hilarious and well-received HBO Max series created by Ellen Rapoport.
After two collaborations with Jessica St. Clair on and and notable recurring TV roles, including the always vaguely agreeable Karen Collins on, Parham has struck gold with the workplace comedy about making an erotic feminist magazine.
On the series, which has garnered attention for its flashes of full-frontal male nudity, Parham plays Shelly, the sister to ambitious Minx editor Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond).
And as quickly proved, it has plenty of heart and wit to match the amount of flesh seen onscreen, with much of the comedy driven by its pitch-perfect ensemble, which also includes Jack Johnson as Minx’s low-rent publisher Doug and magazine staffers Oscar Montoya as Richie, Idara Victor as Tina and Jessica Lowe as Bambi. “Honestly, the script for the pilot was the funniest thing I had read in, like, two years,” Parham tells ET, explaining that she immediately got it. “I understood the tone.
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