Texas is a big place that can feel so small sometimes. Just ask comedian Iliza Shlesinger, who clearly gets it. Born in New York but raised in the suburbs of Dallas-Fort Worth, she made her break from the Lone Star State right after high school and never looked back. Well, that part’s not quite true. Her hilarious, perceptive and deeply relatable indie comedy “Chasing Summer” (directed by Josephine Decker) is all about looking back, as her overachieving character Jaime returns “home” after nearly 20 years away to make peace with her past.
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