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FROM OFEN MICE TO TV'S BRIGHT LIGHTS, THIS COMEDIAN IS ON THE COME UP
Thousands of comedy fans filled Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood Oct. 4 to watch some of comedy's biggest names at Funny Or Die's Oddball Fest. One of the most talked about artists of the year, Amy Schumer, took the stage to thunderous cheers. At the top of her set, Schumer gave a shout-out to an Atlanta mainstay. Not a neighborhood, not a restaurant, but a comedian.
"You guys know Mia Jackson? Isn't she great?"
Jackson had opened for Schumer in the past and clearly made an impression. "My heart was beating so fast when she said my name," Jackson says. "I was hanging out backstage watching the...