Now she's making a big move to her first major leading role in a feature film, starring in the controversial festival darling, Obvious Child. All anyone could talk about was her hilarious and touching performance as Donna Stern, a raunchy stand-up comedian who shares her life on stage even as it's falling apart. In the span of a day she's dumped by her boyfriend, learns she is losing her job, and has a one-night-stand with a perfect stranger (Jake Lacy) that results in a pregnancy. And it is Donna's pregnancy that has earned the film some controversy for the stance on abortion first-time writer/director Gillian Robespierre takes, one that flies in the face of Hollywood's usual handling of the subject matter. What's obvious from the interview with Slate and Robespierre I conducted alongside my colleague +Tim Gordon , is that both women don't want Obvious Child to just be considered that "abortion movie". We also talk about Slate's future projects, the rejected Looney Tunes script she wrote, and more.
You can listen to the interview with Jenny Slate and Gillian Robespierre below. Obvious Child is open now in some markets but hits theaters in DC on June 13th.
