# @portlandmercury on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYkwk5aE2__
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65882834-portlandmercury-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-20T20:45:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Portland Mercury (@portlandmercury) — https://gondola.cc/portlandmercury

## Caption

"I hope that you participate in society,” comedian Maria Bamford in a new documentary about her. “You don’t have to do it well. It’s okay if you do it badly.”⁠
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Bamford has written a memoir, starred in her own semi-autobiographical television series, and spent decades crafting stand-up comedy about her own life—in excruciatingly honest detail. ⁠
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Now she’s the subject of a documentary by Judd Apatow, Paralyzed By Hope: The Maria Bamford Story. This raises a question: Why make a documentary about someone who is already an undisputed expert at telling their own story?⁠
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Full story by HR Smith at the link in bio. ⁠
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#portland #mariabamford #comedy #juddapatow

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