Hacks' Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, and Kaitlin Olson talk Vegas, comedy inspirations
For Jean Smart, stand-up comedy’s been a longtime dream—ever since she first saw Phyllis Diller cracking jokes on television—but she was always afraid to try it herself. In HBO Max’s new comedy Hacks, she gets to do the next best thing: Play one on TV—or maybe it’s the best thing, considering there’s no live audience…