Robby Hoffman Will Always Feel Poor, No Matter How Rich She Gets

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Fame, Scrutiny, and the Rich vs. Poor Lens

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The second half of the interview begins with Garcia-Navarro asking how Hoffman is handling the transition to a much higher level of fame, and whether the scrutiny is getting to her. Hoffman is pragmatic: her career has grown slowly enough that she feels prepared. But she's also clear about what she doesn't want — to get sucked into the machine of dividing people by 'the red and the blue of it all.' Her analysis of why her shows are successful is characteristically direct: she doesn't participate in petty squabbles when bigger things are happening. At her core, she says, it has always been rich versus poor — that's the division that matters, the one that explains almost everything else, and the one she keeps returning to no matter what question she's asked.