“It’s a love letter to dysfunctional families, and it’s a little bit of a love letter to Staten Island, too.” Candice Guardino’s debut comedy special, “Candice Guardino: Italian Bred,” arrives Jan. 27 via Comedy Dynamics, streaming on major platforms including Amazon and Apple. Filmed through her own Anthony Street Productions, the theatrical comedy has been years in the making, shaped city-by-city and story-by-story, but rooted in her Italian-American upbringing on Staten Island.
“I grew up in the best Staten Island lens possible,” Guardino told the Advance/SILive.com. “Everyone on our block knew each other. You’d come out of your front door and the neighbors would be sitting on their stoop … It was like this little bubble, but yet, at the same time, it was the most gigantic, eclectic and exciting world.”
