Question

In one series, a man in this profession becomes homeless after discovering his wife Jessica’s affair with the art teacher Leif. In another show, a person in this occupation pays $1.69 million to get a sexist to quit this profession. (15[1])A person in this profession (15[1])is fired after (15[1])almost outing Shy Baldwin in one show, and after facing (15[1])backlash (15[1])for a Tweet about a closeted senator, (*) Ava is hired by a woman in this profession on another show. Susie offers to become a manager for a person in this profession after watching (-5[1])her flash patrons of the Gaslight Café. Jean Smart (10[1])stars as Deborah Vance on Hacks, a show about (10[1])a woman in, for 10 points, (10[2])what occupation held by the title character of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: stand-up comedian [accept either underlined portion; accept comic] (the show in the lead-in is Crashing)
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