By: James Poniewozik, Alissa Wilkinson
The HBO comedy, which wrapped up on Sunday, often seemed to be about whatever was keeping Lisa Kudrow and her collaborators up at night. But Valerie Cherish remained undaunted.
Alissa Wilkinson is a critic at The New York Times and a First-Year MFA Creative Nonfiction Mentor. With a focus on film and cinema, she has been writing about movies since 2005, contributing to various publications including Vox and Rolling Stone, and exploring themes of American mythmaking in her recent book, “We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine.” Alissa has been featured in numerous outlets such as The Dallas Morning News, The Salt Lake Tribune, and The Sydney Morning Herald.
