From Fred Armisen to Sian Heder, every cameo serves a purpose beyond mere fan service on BarryHBO.
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 4, Episode 3 of Barry. When the buzz in advance of Barry’s fourth and final season included talks of a number of cameos, it was enough to raise a few eyebrows. True, Bill Hader’s hitman dramedy had already established itself as one of the best shows of the 21st century, a miraculous mix of searing character drama, surreal Coen-esque dark comedy, and acidic showbiz satire.
Happily, Barry avoids these indulgent pitfalls. There is no five-minute scene where, like, Barry meets a character played by Kristen Wiig and recites road directions like in the popular Saturday Night Live sketch “The Californians.” It might have been silly to doubt Hader and the rest of Barry’s creative team, who have run the show with astonishing discipline and restraint, but it’s still reassuring to see them use cameos right.
Sian Heder Strengthens 'Barry's Biting Satire Perhaps the best cameo comes from a director playing herself, or at least, a version of herself. Sian Heder’s cameo leans into the show’s spiky Hollywood satire by addressing delusional actors and algorithm-obsessed streaming services. In Barry-wood, the Oscar-winning writer and director of CODA is directing a superhero movie called Mega Girls, which she is not at all pleased about.
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