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Issa Rae’s Insecure is the sharpest comedy of the year

Rae (second from left, with Orji, Amanda Seales and Natasha Rothwell) got her start making comedy videos online

LAST YEAR THE FIRST SEASON OF INSECURE—THE HBO SERIES co-created by and starring the magnetic comic Issa Rae—was among a constellation of bright spots. Like FX’s Atlanta and Better Things and Amazon’s Fleabag and One Mississippi, all sparkling

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