uinta Brunson does what she does—currently, creating, executive-producing, co-writing, and starring in the comedy series —for everyday people, taking inspiration for the characters from teachers in her own life. The showrunner’s mother, Norma Jean Brunson, was is set. And the woman who gave the fictional school its name, Joyce Abbott, was Brunson’s sixth-grade teacher, who recently retired after 25 years.
QUINTA BRUNSON
Mar 04, 2023
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