Tina Fey
Due respect, but Tina Fey‘s pro-Hillary bit 36 hours ago on Saturday Night Live was not cool. Not at this stage of the game. Not with Hillary’s latest race-baiting maneuver. She’s now on the HE shit list and will stay there until she writes or directs or appears in a really good film. I’m sure she’ll be fine with this. That said, her riff about how it’s good to be a bitch because they get things done (or a mean nun because they make you learn things) is pretty good stuff.
I laughed so hard when Bill Hader busted out that gigantic straw
saw fey’s new film BABY MAMA the other day (she’s merely an actress in this one) and after a rather foreboding first 20 minutes that somehow manages to stifle the usually hilarious romany malco (40 year-old virgin, weeds, etc…) the film finds its groove and resolves itself as a smart, sweet, and often laugh-out-loud comedy that killed my nyc audience. expect a lot of JUNO allusions in the forthcoming reviews. for what it’s worth, though, BABY MAMA is really the amy poehler show.
Didn’t dig the Tina Fey thing because I’m for Obama, but it was good.
I really liked Bill Hader as Plainview, they should have cut out the Chigurh crap and let him go crazy. I wanted it to end being completely over the top and drinking everyones milkshake. And then when somebody refuses….
Tina Fey is one funny lady. 30 Rock is one of the smartest and funniest shows on the tube.
an amendment to my BABY MAMA critique – wells will fucking hate it.
I love Tina Fey…as an actress and a writer. Doesn’t mean I have to agree with her politics. Hell, Spike Lee is one of my absolutely favorite filmmakers but I find his off-screen persona to be grating. So, basically, I don’t really care what Tina Fey has to say about politics, as long as she keeps making me laugh every damn week on 30 Rock.
oh, 2nd amendment to my critique (and then i’m done, promise) – wells once again displays just how out of the loop he can be when it comes to pop culture as a whole (i only mention this as he seems to pride himself as someone with their fingers on the pulse)… as he neglects to mention that fey is ALREADY writing AND appearing in something “really good” and often flat-out great – 30 ROCK.
i’m an obama man myself, but if anyone on tv has earned a rather unfortunate tirade, it’s fey. thanks to edward for the reminder.
How could they do the Daniel Plainview bit and not introduce a bowling pin? Seriously!
Jeff: The Huffington Post just posted a piece listing the campaign contributions of big name authors (Richard Patterson: $2,300 to John Edwards & 3,300 to John McCain, Jay Mcinerney: $2300 to Giuliani, Elinor Lipman: $220 to Obama). This is good news for folks like you who can’t separate the artist from the art. Heaven forbid you support a writer who supported someone you’re not voting for.
Never mind artistic integrity; I would question the sanity of anyone who gave money to Giuliani.
Well, I just saw on the Huffington Post that one Jeffrey Wells, a self employed Exercise Psysiologist from Pacific Palisades, CA gave $500 to HILLARY CLINTON in December?
Hmmmm.. Could there be a link?
“SNL” has been very shrewd in trying to stay as apolitical as possible – hit both sides where it hurts. It’s a good strategy, even if it doesn’t always play out as such. Fey’s bit strayed from that. She’s actually much more balanced on “30 Rock,” which blisters all sides. And even when “30 Rock” tilts toward conservative bashing, it’s done with such style and humor it’s hard for any GOPer to complain. It’s a great show, and Fey is the key reason why.
The path for Tina Fey, from poor fat loser nerd in Chicago to Emmy-winning actress/writer/producer on the best comedy in the country, was a tough one. And to get there, she had to go through a lot small-minded men who had a lot of control and who didn’t think women were funny in the least. So, that’s where she’s coming from, and her sympathy for Hilary is understandable.
Anyone who doesn’t think that clip is funny has a STICK up their BUTT or DESERVES one or WANTS one.
“30 Rock” has produced some great Obama lines, including Li’sz (Fey) line: “There is an 80% chance in the next election that I will tell all my friends that I’m voting for Barack Obama but I will secretly vote for John McCain.”
Also, Liz: What are you going to do if they ask you about ’08?
Jenna: Of course I want Hilary to be the first woman president.
Liz: Ugh. No, Obama. You support Barack Obama. Remember? You liked those pictures of him at the beach?
Jenna: “Obama.√ɬ¢√¢‚Äö¬¨√Ǭù What is he, Hispanic?
Liz: No, he’s black.
Jenna: And he’s running for president? Good luck.
I wanted Anton Chigurh to come back at the end of the skit and take Juno out with that cattle-gun thing. Or maybe Plainview could have clobbered her with a bowling pin. THAT would have been funny.
Hader’s impression was fucking incredible. Too bad about 15 percent of the audience got it.
Tina and Hillary have a lot in common. Hillary gets and holds power by being acquiescent to the Republican Party agenda and Wall Street. Tina gets and holds power by being acquiescent to Lorne Michaels and NBCUniversal.
And American Express.
The SNL sketch was great.
Oh, and Jeff– did you see this one on SNL?
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/#cat=new&sec=1a&mea=221738
THAT’S your typical Oscar voter, no?
On SNL, Hader’s Pacino is the stuff of legend.
Also, the pro-Hillary thing surprised me too, considering how much Tina pimps for Barack on 30 ROCK…I wouldn’t read too much into it, Jeff.
Here’s the link to the SNL Milkshake skit: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/#mea=221737. My favorite part of the bit: “I’ve abandoned my boy! I’ve abandoned my boy! I’ve abandoned my boy! Oh, here he is… (Hader’s comedic timing is so spot on there).
Baby Daddy looks dull, just from the trailer. I’m still wondering who keeps green-lighting such mediocre titles at Universal, and why they haven’t been let go by now. I got no problem with Fey[I'll take her over Molly Shannon any day.], but for a ‘bitch’ who “gets things done”, Hillary didn’t succeed much with our health care crisis.
Yeah, I couldn’t help but think that the vast majority of the SNL audience did not get the There Will Be Blood jokes and have now essentially had a great film ruined for them. So it was somewhat amusing, but I saw it as a disappointing tradeoff. With all my internet surfing, maybe I’ve just passed the point of milkshake overload and wanted a little more of a clever twist on the material in lieu of a straight recreation. It played very “Family Guy” to me.
Christian wrote:
And American Express
Interesting because Tina plays a harried but decidedly non-bitch showrunner on the AmEx ad.
Christian wrote:
And American Express
Interesting because Tina plays a harried but decidedly non-bitch showrunner on the AmEx ad.
So, I’m supposed to stop watching 30 Rock because Tina Fey did a pro-Hillary bit on SNL, but Roman Polanski still gets a pass. Okay.
And before you bring up that whole, “maybe it wasn’t as bad as reported, the judge railroaded him, blah, blah,” I’ll also remind you that Polanski was in Rush Hour 3.
Because he’s a man, baby.
The Milkshake sketch was a great impression but I dont think it had anything else going for it. The funniest moment of Saturday’s show, hands down, was the commercial parody.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=s0e-mldM3ME
And 30 Rock is brilliant. Inarguably the best comedy on TV right now. I want to take Tina Fey behind the middle school and get her pregnant.