Anonymous wrote:Also, I love how there’s like 1-3 Gen X women who are famous comedians and that’s it. That’s all there’s allowed to be. Meanwhile, there’s like 400 male comedians.

I don't accept this premise. Yes, there are a lot of male comedians, but there are a lot of women too!

Tina Fey
Amy Poehler
Kristen Wiig
Sarah Silverman
Margaret Cho
Tiffany Haddish
Tig Notaro
Chelsea Handler
Mindy Kaling
Maria Bamford
Leslie Jones
Kathleen Madigan
Amber Ruffin
Samantha Bee
Fortune Feimster
Chelsea Peretti
Bridget Everett
etc
etc

Yes it was the golden globes. Go watch them, they are on YouTube.

Anonymous wrote:I love Tina fey. I loved bossy pants, and can rewatch 30 rock anytime.

Great news was also fantastic and ended too soon.

I thought Kim was good for the first couple of seasons, but then kind of petered out

I like mean girls OK but not as much as everybody else seems to.

My favorite bits that she’s done is when she and Amy Poller hosted the Emmys for three years in a row. Their first 10 minutes of stand-up in each of those are so funny and better than any other hosting I’ve seen.

Also, I love some of the SNL kids she wrote like Mom Jeans and Annuale, the once a year birth control pill where all hell breaks loose the once a year that you get your period.

I agree with how funny they both were cohosting, but I think you're referring to the Golden Globes from 2013-2015.

Also, I love how there’s like 1-3 Gen X women who are famous comedians and that’s it. That’s all there’s allowed to be. Meanwhile, there’s like 400 male comedians.

I love Tina fey. I loved bossy pants, and can rewatch 30 rock anytime.

Great news was also fantastic and ended too soon.

I thought Kim was good for the first couple of seasons, but then kind of petered out

I like mean girls OK but not as much as everybody else seems to.

My favorite bits that she’s done is when she and Amy Poller hosted the Emmys for three years in a row. Their first 10 minutes of stand-up in each of those are so funny and better than any other hosting I’ve seen.

Also, I love some of the SNL kids she wrote like Mom Jeans and Annuale, the once a year birth control pill where all hell breaks loose the once a year that you get your period.

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Anonymous wrote:I read this once about Tina Fey's comedy and now I can't unsee it - there's an undercurrent of meaness to it.

I loved 30 Rock, so maybe the writer's room helped create a great product.

On the other hand, as a genX myself, maybe now we worry too much about being nice. Maybe everything doesn't always work out. Maybe the world can be m ean. I grew up with movies like pretty in Pink and 16 candles and characters were perhaps more realistic (sort of). There was and is bullying. People are mean.

There’s an episode of 30 Rock where she goes back to her high school reunion and everyone she thought was really mean was actually nice and she was the mean one. There’s some good self-awareness there.

I think it’s complicated for women (or maybe men, too) who felt like outsiders in adolescence/teen years. You develop defense mechanisms that can be as off-putting as the behavior that made them feel necessary in the first place.

Right. And do we criticize male comedians for being mean?

No, because they are funny.

To be fair, we do indeed criticize Dave Chapelle for being mean. Also, Tina Fey is funnier than most of us will ever be. I love 85% of what she's done and that's pretty good.

Never knew until recently about her big facial scar.

Just assumed it was some surgery but was a rando who attacked her.

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Anonymous wrote:I read this once about Tina Fey's comedy and now I can't unsee it - there's an undercurrent of meaness to it.

I loved 30 Rock, so maybe the writer's room helped create a great product.

On the other hand, as a genX myself, maybe now we worry too much about being nice. Maybe everything doesn't always work out. Maybe the world can be m ean. I grew up with movies like pretty in Pink and 16 candles and characters were perhaps more realistic (sort of). There was and is bullying. People are mean.

There’s an episode of 30 Rock where she goes back to her high school reunion and everyone she thought was really mean was actually nice and she was the mean one. There’s some good self-awareness there.

I think it’s complicated for women (or maybe men, too) who felt like outsiders in adolescence/teen years. You develop defense mechanisms that can be as off-putting as the behavior that made them feel necessary in the first place.

Right. And do we criticize male comedians for being mean?

No, because they are funny.

I think Tina Fey gets at some common experiences for women and people in a way we can laugh at ourselves. The boat scene in Four Seasons highlights the ick of living with a long term partner with out pointing out all women or all men do x,y,z. Mean Girls, I quote the giant pore scene to my teenage daughter all the time because teenagers tend to put themselves under a microscope. I did love 30 Rock. For comparison, i do prefer wit like Gilmore Girls over slap stick Will Ferrell type humor.

Anonymous wrote:I read this once about Tina Fey's comedy and now I can't unsee it - there's an undercurrent of meaness to it.

I loved 30 Rock, so maybe the writer's room helped create a great product.

On the other hand, as a genX myself, maybe now we worry too much about being nice. Maybe everything doesn't always work out. Maybe the world can be m ean. I grew up with movies like pretty in Pink and 16 candles and characters were perhaps more realistic (sort of). There was and is bullying. People are mean.

There's an undercurrent of meanness in my Mean Girls?!?!

30 Rock is fast-paced. Fast pace is funnier.

Other setups don't work in a fast pace and that makes them less funny.

Anonymous wrote:I adore 30 Rock. I think it gets funnier the more I watch it. Liz and Jack's platonic chemistry is an A+.

I rewatched Sisters and liked it.

+1 I like Sisters and Baby Mama and love how Tina and Amy switch on who is the "loser" and who is the "responsible one" it's so funny and it works either way. They are supremely talented.

Anonymous wrote:I think her comedy is very Gen X dated.

What is Gen X comedy?

I think her comedy is specific to the time. If you watch a rerun of 30 Rock five years from now, you will not understand most of the references. But I think that's a problem with a ton of shows that relied on current events.

I adore 30 Rock. I think it gets funnier the more I watch it. Liz and Jack's platonic chemistry is an A+.

I rewatched Sisters and liked it.

Anonymous wrote:Four Seasons was such a bust. I can’t wait for her next amazing project. She can be hilarious!

What a disappointment.

It was so boring that I could not even finish episode 1.