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A tough childhood in Louisiana taught Sarah Thyre how to tease out the humor in otherwise dark situations. Now the precocious child is all grown up — well, sorta. She’s an actress and comedian with a fondness for the scatological. Kurt talks to Thyre about her new memoir, Dark at the Roots.
A tough childhood in Louisiana taught Sarah Thyre how to tease out the humor in otherwise dark situations. Now the precocious child is all grown up — well, sorta. She’s an actress and comedian with a fondness for the scatological. Kurt talks to Thyre about her new memoir, Dark at the Roots.