Exclusive: Motherly kindnessthe second comedy special from SNL The series from writer, actress, and improviser Rosebud Baker is set to premiere globally on Netflix on February 11.
Recorded months apart during two sold-out nights at the Comedy Cellar in New York City, the special intersects between pre- and post-baby Baker. Combining these experiences, she explores the details of the unknown in the evolving journey of parenthood, delving into the decision to have children, the indignities of childbirth, the pros and cons of losing your identity in motherhood, and the generational divides in parenting, along with coming to the difficult decision to retire from giving careers a blow, And more.
Motherly kindness It marks the directorial debut for Baker, who performs her own material and also serves as a producer, with Alex Goodman and Jason Katz executive producing.
In a statement to Deadline, the comedian said: “If you have kids, this special is for you. If you don’t want kids at all, this special is for you too.”
Noting that “there are a lot of people in the world struggling with infertility, miscarriage, IVF, pregnancy and postpartum,” Baker shares, “I’ve been through it all and I wanted to make a special clip that would make anyone who goes through these experiences laugh.” As bad as I needed to be while I was passing them. We shot over two years because I wanted to tell the whole story, to include what the other side of pregnancy is like; And I needed to live it in order to tell jokes about it. My first hope is to make everyone laugh. “It would be great if it would make them feel less alone.”
I’m currently writing on the 50th season of Saturday Night LiveBaker’s critically acclaimed debut hour Whiskey gripproduced by Bill Burr’s All Things Comedy, premiered on Comedy Central’s YouTube channel in 2021. In addition SNLShe has written for two WGA Award-nominated sketch series: Damn that Michael Che and Inside Amy Schumer. She plays the recurring role of Meri on Hulu’s Life and homealongside Schumer and Michael Cera, also appears in the upcoming horror comedy Summer helldirected by Finn Wolfhard and Billy Brick.
Baker is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, UTA Tourism, CAA and Schreck Rose Dapello.