The United States is in a fifty-states-wide couples’-counseling session, thinking about filing for divorce. But is that really what we want? Can a nation composed of states that are so different possibly hang together? Colin Quinn, comedian, social commentator, and writer and star of Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional, calls us out state-by-state, from Connecticut to Hawaii. He identifies the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do. Within a framework of big-picture thinking about systems of government—after all, how would you put this country together if you started from scratch today?—to dead-on observations about the quirks and vibes of the citizens in each region, Overstated skewers us all: red, blue, and purple. It’s ultimately infused with the same blend of optimism and practicality that sparked the United States into being.

COLIN QUINN is a comedian, writer, and performer whose thirty-year broadcast career has included stints on Saturday Night Live as the Weekend Update anchor, appearances on every cable comedy showcase and network talk show you can think of—including his own late-night show—and guest- starring roles in a wide swath of movies and on television shows, including The Larry Sanders Show and Inside Amy Schumer. Quinn’s specials, Unconstitutional and The New York Story, are available on Netflix, as is his one-man show Red State Blue State, which was called “the kind of sharp political satire we can’t get enough of right now” by The Hollywood Reporter. It was adapted into CNN’s first comedy special in May 2019. Quinn lives in New York City, the cockiest place in the United States, if not the world.

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