Remembering Comic Barry Crimmins

Remembering Comic Barry Crimmins

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Crimmins, who died last week, mentored Bobcat Goldthwait when they were up-and-coming comics in the ’80s. The two men spoke with Terry Gross in 2015 about their documentary ‘Call Me Lucky,’ which details Crimmins’ career, traumatic childhood and subsequent work advocating for survivors of sexual abuse. Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews the second season of ‘Jessica Jones’ on Netflix.