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Locating the bizarre subtext within a normal scenario is a sweet spot for Sedaris. Consider that she co-created and starred in Comedy Central’s fascinatingly grotesque Strangers With Candy, a spoof of 1980s afterschool specials, and you’ll get a hint at what the writer and actress has planned for her TruTV variety show, At Home With Amy Sedaris. In one Hodgepodgeian segment, she forces kids to watch a frightening video about scissor safety, in preparation for making toys out of bags of human hair
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