«Life & Beth» is an American comedy-drama series aired on Hulu. In April 2022, the series was renewed for a second season.
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- Life & Beth is an American comedy-drama series.
- Amy Schumer, Violet Young, Michael Cera, Yamaneika Saunders, Michael Rapaport and Susannah Flood star in the series.
- It premiered on Hulu on March 18, 2022.
- In April 2022, the series was renewed for a ten-episode second season.
- The series premiered with all 10 episodes on March 18, 2022 on Hulu.
- In international markets, it will be released at a later date via Star content hub on Disney+,on Star+ in Latin America, and on Disney+ Hotstar in Southeast Asia.
- The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating with an average rating of 7.5/10, based on 34 critic reviews.
- The website’s critics consensus reads, “Beth proves there’s still plenty of life left in Amy Schumer’s artistic project, boasting the comedian’s most nuanced performance yet.”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 70 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”.
- There is no mention of John having autism in “Life & Beth,” but Schumer says “he’s most likely on the spectrum.”
- The role of John was based on Schumer’s real-life husband Chris Fischer, who was diagnosed a few years ago at age 39.
- Amy Schumer said Michael Cera was her “dream” castmate
- Amy Schumer said writing about her trauma offers “therapeutic benefits” and allows her to really process what she went through.
- In writing the role of John, Schumer borrowed “a whole lot” from her real-life husband: farmer, chef, and James Beard Award recipient Chris Fischer, whom she wed in 2018.
- Beth is Amy Schumer’s middle name.
- Also, like Schumer, her character has a younger sister and divorced parents.
- The first words spoken in the show are “it’s so easy,” which is the tagline of the show’s production company, Irony Point
- Many scenes were filmed in Amy’s hometown, Rockville Centre.
- Laura Benanti and Amy Schumer also costarred in the Broadway play “Meteor Shower.”
- Scenes filmed in Red Wing Park in East Fishkill, New York.
- Both Michael Rapaport and Amy Schumer were born in Manhattan, New York.
- Michael Cera and others play Poker in Episode 4,”Pancakes,” at Elena’s birthday party. Michael Cera played a skilled poker player in the 2017 movie, Molly’s Game, starring Jessica Chastain
- In her conversation with USA Today, Amy revealed that Life & Beth is around 50 percent autobiographical.
- Amy began to develop the show while pregnant with her son Gene, after skimming old journals and visiting spots from her childhood.
- Beth’s relationship with John is loosely based on Schumer’s love story with her husband, Chris Fischer. John, like his real-life counterpart, is a farmer and chef, and is coded as neurodivergent (Fischer is on the autism spectrum).
