Although Deborah Vance often goes there on 'Hacks', Jean Smart is not quite as edgy as the character she plays on-screen — and according to the co-creators and showrunners of the Max original series, Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky, they tell PEOPLE there's a line she won't cross as the comedian.
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