Netflix has announced that Big Guy, its first hour-long special from comedian Rachel Feinstein, will premiere globally on the streamer on Tuesday, May 21st.
In her new special, dedicated to firefighter families, Feinstein invites us into her delightfully chaotic life as the wife of a firefighter, a mother, and a stand-up comic. In the words of her three-year-old daughter, “my daddy’s a hero and my mommy’s sarcastic.”
Feinstein explores her marriage to a first responder who is also married to his firehouse family and unpacks what it’s like to navigate emotional intimacy with someone whose job it is to save people’s lives. Chock full of her signature impersonations, Big Guy endears us to the loveable collection of clashing characters in Feinstein’s world including a sea of fellow fire wives named Gina, her aggressively liberal mother, and her husband, a Columbian Irish Catholic Fire Chief and bitcoin lover.
Directed by Gillian Laub, Big Guy‘s EPs are Feinstein, Amy Schumer, and Daniel Powell and Alex Bach, both of Irony Point.
Previously taping a half-hour special for Netflix as part of its series The Standups, Feinstein debuted her first hour Only Whores Wear Purple on Comedy Central in 2016. A frequent collaborator of Schumer’s, seen in her films Trainwreck and I Feel Pretty, as well as her hit Hulu series Life & Beth, she’s also appeared and written on Inside Amy Schumer, winning a WGA Award for her work on the most recent season of the show for Paramount+.
Feinstein has also appeared in Chris Rock’s film Top Five, along with Steven Soderbergh’s Red Oaks, Pete Holmes’s HBO comedy Crashing, and other series. Also featuring in comedian Colin Quinn’s HBO pandemic special Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show, the comic is repped by AGI Entertainment Media & Management, WME, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
