WonkTV: Let's Cozy Up With Broadway Barbara!
Meeting the talented comedian underneath the wig.
We’re taking a break from a standard political weekend chat, and sharing with you my recent interview with singer, dancer, writer, and comedian Leah Sprecher.
Leah’s most known for her breakout sketch character born on the Groundlings stage, Broadway Barbara Dixon. I discovered “Barbara” through her hilarious YouTube videos and delightful cabaret shows.
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𝐀 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟏. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬.
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬.
𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭. 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.
𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐰. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟔 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐭𝐨𝐨.