Laura Dern stops by HBO for friendly, no-pressure Tupperware party show
Employing that can-do spirit that keeps someone pushing forward no matter how many times they get a door slammed in their face or a critically beloved comedy canceled out from under them, Laura Dern is returning for another new show at HBO. The Enlightened star is teaming up with Bridesmaids co-writer Annie Mumolo to executive producer a series about a pioneering saleswoman who brings the “home party” system of commerce—best known in the U.S. as the way Tupperware slithered its way into the average suburban home—to national prominence. The story—which doesn’t appear to be directly based on the story of Tupperware saleswoman Brownie Wise, who made her name by pushing the party-then-pay model—is being described as “subversive,” possibly because of all the obscenely burping plastic involved.