doubter

Not until Vergara was mere months from the actual shoot did she become the doubter.

But he also knows when to let slip that his high-wire act is a burden, bringing underplayed pain to a wonderfully tense, defensive moment when he says to a doubter, “I’m the person you think I am.”

“On the heels of moderate success as a comedian,” Nancherla greets us on Page 1, “I still only warily accept I’ve accomplished anything or that I ever could again… It’s almost like my impostor syndrome is the majority of me, and the rest is my shadow … Every day is Take Your Doubter to Work Day!”

Anyone wondering how Judge Cupp made the journey from total doubter to ardent crusader should seek out “Bone Valley,” a nine-part podcast released last year, which recounts Mr. Schofield’s story in harrowing, infuriating detail.

I was a doubter, but I just had to plant a dozen perennials and I will never go back to using a shovel.