Overview
- Barr disclosed Thursday that she finished an eight-episode comedy called Meemaw, which she co-wrote and helped fund with private investors.
- The show follows Barr as the matriarch of a mixed-race family of preppers in Texas and centers on family events including her granddaughter’s bat mitzvah.
- The cast includes Drea de Matteo, Randy Quaid, Doug Jones and Omar Gooding, with viral tween Indy Bugg cast as Barr’s granddaughter after being recommended by Mo’Nique.
- Production was shot quietly in Austin as a union-backed project and Barr brought in collaborators Allan Stephan and Allen Covert to shape the scripts.
- With no announced distributor, the series tests whether an independently financed comeback can find a platform given Barr’s 2018 firing and controversial public reputation.