<P> Sandy Wexler ( Adam Sandler ) is a talent manager working in Los Angeles in the 1990s , diligently , albeit erratically , representing a group of eccentric clients on the fringes of show business . His skills as a manager are challenged when he discovers a genuinely talented singer , Courtney Clarke ( Jennifer Hudson ) . The Wexler character is a satirical homage to Sandler 's real - life manager , Sandy Wernick . </P>
<P> Sandy Wexler ( Adam Sandler ) is a talent manager working in Los Angeles in the 1990s , diligently , albeit erratically , representing a group of eccentric clients on the fringes of show business . His skills as a manager are challenged when he discovers a genuinely talented singer , Courtney Clarke ( Jennifer Hudson ) . The Wexler character is a satirical homage to Sandler 's real - life manager , Sandy Wernick . </P>
who is the movie sandy wexler based on
who is the movie sandy wexler based on
Sandler 's real - life manager , Sandy Wernick
Sandler 's real - life manager , Sandy Wernick