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: Anthony Lane | Baby Mama | Feytigue | Jack Lemmon | Tina Fey | Walter Matthau

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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
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so the problem is gabe's job?

Posted by: jim  in reply to none's comment at 04/22/08 12:19 PM | Reply
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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
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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
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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
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