Videogum Home - inspired by Guilherme Rosa's work in the colors issue of Idea Fixa
April 22, 2008

Are Tina Fey And Amy Poehler The New Turner And Hooch?

thumbnail icon: Are Tina Fey And Amy Poehler The New Turner And Hooch?

In this week's issue of the New Yorker, Anthony Lane reviews Baby Mama. With all of the press surrounding the movie, I'm surprised there wasn't a special two-week issue devoted to it. I'm sure Hendrick Hertzberg would crush it on the geopolitical ramifications of Fey's current media omnipresence. One thing Lane did point out, though, that's kind of interesting is the echoes in Fey and Poehler's relationship to another famous film couple:

Much of the film boils down to Poehler and Fey hanging out and jousting, and connoisseurs of oddness may glimpse the ghosts of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau looking on with twitches and grouches of approval.

While I've personally had my fill of pregnancy comedies in the past 12 months, the non-pregnancy "buddy" aspect is important. Has there ever been a mainstream contemporary buddy comedy starring two women? I guess there was Thelma and Louise. Was that funny? Did you think that was funny? Oh my God, I bet you did. I bet you love Thelma and Louise. You probably want to marry it.

But anyway, congratulations ladies. I think this is important. Seriously. You've broken the glass ceiling into a denigrated genre of film primarily run by frat boys and the victims of frat boys. Good job. Not, of course, that Baby Mama wouldn't have been better with Matthau and Lemmon, may they RIP.

Posted by Gabe at 9:26 AM
Tags:  |  |  |  |  |




5 Comments

all of the press surrounding the movie
Fey's current media omnipresence
had my fill of pregnancy comedies in the past 12 months

I have seen none of this press, presence or movies. Maybe the problem is that you apparently spend no time doing anything but watching TV?

Posted by: none at 04/22/08 10:45 AM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down
jim

so the problem is gabe's job?

Posted by: jim profile link in reply to none's comment at 04/22/08 12:19 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

yeah, way to zing him.

"how come you know so much shit about diseases you fucking doctor?"

take that!

Posted by: gerry rafferty in reply to none's comment at 04/22/08 12:36 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

off the top of my faggot head:
- fried green tomatoes
- romy and michele's high school reunion
- that movie with lily tomlin and bette midler where there is mistaken identity and rich people and poor people and upstairs/downstairs and a pivotal scene at the plaza hotel
- dick starring michelle williams and the other one
- thirteen

Posted by: hardliquorsoftholes at 04/22/08 1:14 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

The point is that "overexposure" is relative. If you get more than your fair share of TV, you are going to get more than your fair share of Fey. (That should be on her business card.)

Posted by: none at 04/22/08 1:57 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Leave a comment


 

Write Us

tips@videogum.com

Search




Sort by:date relevance

Information

  • Contact:
  • About
  • Press
  • Advertising
  • Videogum RSS Videogum RSS XML Icon

Staff

Founder/Editor-In-Chief
Scott Lapatine
Senior Editors
Gabe Delahaye
Lindsay Robertson
Executive Editor
Amrit Singh
Technology & Operations
Jim Jazwiecki
Angela Williams

Facebook logo

All Videogum Posts

Logo by Guilherme Rosa

The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time logo
After watching Death Sentence, a terrible movie starring Kevin Bacon as a father in search of vigilante justice directed by Saw's James Wan, Gabe embarked on The Hunt For The Worst Movie of All Time. This is his sad journey.

The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: Dan In Real Life

Pain is relative, duh. On the scale of human suffering, my Sunday nights are ICE CREAM SOCIALS. That doesn't mean that I don't actually cry out in pain during some of these movies. I do. But I recognize that there's...

MORE »

Double Dog logo
Blogging about TV and movies isn't all fun and videogames. Every week, Lindsay or Gabe will be presented with a physical or mental challenge that tests their bravery, patience, and taste.

Double Dog: My First And Last Survivor Audition Tape

The Challenge: Despite being averse to cameras, teamwork, exotic foods, travel, haircuts, and physical exertion, I have to submit an audition tape to Survivor. The Result: As with the Saw marathon challenge, once again I find myself rocking back and...

MORE »

Friday Fight logo
Even though Lindsay and Gabe are friends, they very rarely agree on anything. Every day, they have a fight about something. On Fridays, we publish one.

Friday Fight: What Could Replace The Live Puppy Feed?

Lindsay: What should be the next live puppy feed? Gabe: uh oh Gabe: i never even considered that the live puppy feed Gabe: might go away Lindsay: uh oh Lindsay: puppies grow up, gabe Gabe: shut up Gabe: you don't...

MORE »

You Can Make It Up logo
Gabe loves fan fiction. You Can Make It Up features his own personal alternate adventures starring some of our favorite characters.

You Can Make It Up: Robert Pattinson Meets An Actual Vampire

Robert Pattinson stood in front of the mirror and mussed at his carefully unkempt bedhead for only 30 minutes that morning, rather than the usual full hour. He was in a hurry. Last night he'd been out partying with a...

MORE »