Always Be Watching

Always Be Watching

Zosia Mamet suffered for our entertainment. But then quit.

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Dan Barrett
Sep 10, 2025
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Zosia Mamet, star of Girls and daughter of great screenwriter and tremendous blowhard David Mamet (I love his work so much), has a new book of personal essays coming out titled Does This Make Me Funny?. In it she recounts working on an unnamed show which she quit after just a few episodes due to an abusive showrunner.

While some of the details don’t 100%…

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