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Instead, Wiig and Mumolo have defied expectations: the former taking on a string of oddball roles in movies both small (
Hateship Loveship,
Wonder Woman 1984), and the latter co-writing, of all things, the 2017 military-combat-dog tear-jerker
Megan Leavey and earning a “story by” credit on David O. Russell’s rags-to-Miracle Mop melodrama
Joy. All right, sure! Listen, Hollywood is a supremely weird and difficult business, and I admire Wiig and Mumolo’s commitment to making supremely weird and difficult choices. Which brings me to the pair’s latest project,
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.
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