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One Mississippi treats us to Tig Notaro's signature dry humor in a semi-autobiographical comedy, as Tig returns to her childhood Mississippi home after her mother's death. Tig is clearly damaged goods - her physical damage (cancer, mastectomy, gastroenterological), quickly becomes obvious. What's revealed more slowly is the psychological damage incurred from a semi-dysfunctional uprearing in a locale not noted for its open acceptance of "different" people. Was this damage inevitable, given her makeup, or was it brought on others? The others primarily include her deceased mother, her rigid stepfather, and her biological father. Everyone's damaged to some extent, so who to blame? Great performance by John Rothman as the compulsive stepfather who struggles mightily to squeeze out every last bit of empathy contained inside him, which isn't much, but proves he's human after all. The humor is very dry, but I found it to be effective. I was surprised at how touching many of the scenes were. Everyone struggles, and sometimes small victories are the only ones that are possible. One Mississippi shows us that need to relish these.