When everyone complained about how “dirty” Sex and the City was a few years back, when they crowed about how women simply didn’t talk that much about sex, and when they said nothing like that would ever make it off HBO–the producers of Golden Girls must have really been confused.
Or does she? That seems to be the sentiment floating around the Internet, but it apparently originates from people who lack a sense of humor for the most part. Fey has proven herself to be many things, but dismissive of other comedians is not one of them.
The uproar comes for a Reader’s Digest interview in which Fey is asked, “What pleases you more, applause or laughter?” She responds (more…)
Someday, comedy and satire classes should be taught using Tina Fey’s infamous “Bitch is the new black” monologue, and contrasting it with Tracy Morgan’s “Black is the new president, bitch.” Morgan stumbles his way through the jokes, and the punchline is the one part delivered with any confidence. The problem is that it really isn’t all that funny in lieu of Fey’s. Fey was being irreverent a social commentator. Morgan, in comparison, feels like the little kid on the playground shouting back, “Nuh uh, my dad can beat up your day!” Morgan can be very funny in the right circumstances, such as Fey’s 30 Rock. But here, he just mostly feels stale.
The Onion is one of those rare web site–it’s actually successful at being funny. That being said, the idea of an Onion movie doesn’t exactly instill confidence into one’s soul. Fake news articles are one thing, but can it really translate to the silver screen? Well, in this case, it won’t have to. Instead, the movie is coming straight to DVD. What’s incredibly interesting about all of this, however, is that the trailer actually looks good. No, it doesn’t look good in the way a film like Meet the Spartans looks good to twelve-year-olds, but it looks good to anyone who can remember HBO’s Not Necessarily the News. It looks good to anyone who can remember a time when comedy was more satire than sarcasm. Will it be a classic? Not likely, as it has been sitting on some dusty shelf for four years now. Still, the trailer alone is funnier than 95% of comedies released into theaters.
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