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'Lady Dynamite' returns with a bang for Season 2

LOS ANGELES - One of the great advantages to living in the 21st century is that Maria Bamford's "Lady Dynamite," a giddy comedy of mental challenges and spiritual optimism, is on TV. To remind you of this fact, a second season began streaming on Netflix earlier this month.

Given that her series, a fractured reflection of Bamford's own experiences, is largely about what it means to do well in life and work, she has her own distinct definition of success.

"There's what I say I hope success is," the comedian says as she sits on the back patio of an Altadena coffeehouse, "which is to be a regular, good human being. I hope that

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