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Tina Fey is on the cover of the new issue of Vanity Fair, but before I address the article, which was written by Maureen Dowd, we've gots to talk about the styling. Why is it that whenever anyone wants to prove T.F. (or, really, anyone for that matter) can be glamorous, they do this forced retro Hollywood L.A. Confidential look with red lipstick, side-swept curls, a bustier, and peep-toes? I'm over it. Way over it. And I'm also way over the biting-the-eyeglasses trick, which is apparently universal moron language for "I'm both smart and sexy!!!"
Moving on: The story itself feels...old. Like it was meant to come out on 11/11—a mere week after the election—but we are just seeing it now. This is clearly a problem that all magazines are facing—how do you deal with a topic that everyone cares about when you can't be at all current about it—but you can really feel it here when a big ol' chunk of page is dedicated to Tina doin' the Palin. The best parts of the piece come straight outta the comedienne's mouth. I guess that's kind of a duh, but still.On binging before her shoot with Annie Leibovitz:"Annie’s going to photograph my soul, right?"
On her high school social life:"I remember bringing people over in high school to play—that’s how cool I am—that game Celebrity. That’s how I successfully remained a virgin well into my 20s, bringing gay boys over to play Celebrity."
On moving to NY"I’m five four and a half, and I think I was maxing out at just short of 150 pounds, which isn’t so big. But when you move to New York from Chicago, you feel really big. Because everyone is pulled together, small, and Asian. Everyone’s Asian."
PS: Happy belated Thanksgiving!PPS: Sorry for the long blogging break! I'm back! Not that you were really worried.
Tina Fey is on the cover of the new issue of Vanity Fair, but before I address the article, which was written by Maureen Dowd, we've gots to talk about the styling. Why is it that whenever anyone wants to prove T.F. (or, really, anyone for that matter) can be glamorous, they do this forced retro Hollywood L.A. Confidential look with red lipstick, side-swept curls, a bustier, and peep-toes? I'm over it. Way over it. And I'm also way over the biting-the-eyeglasses trick, which is apparently universal moron language for "I'm both smart and sexy!!!"
Moving on: The story itself feels...old. Like it was meant to come out on 11/11—a mere week after the election—but we are just seeing it now. This is clearly a problem that all magazines are facing—how do you deal with a topic that everyone cares about when you can't be at all current about it—but you can really feel it here when a big ol' chunk of page is dedicated to Tina doin' the Palin. The best parts of the piece come straight outta the comedienne's mouth. I guess that's kind of a duh, but still.
2 comments:
you know what i didn't like? how maureen dowd manages to make fey's weight loss the central turning point in her career. and can't stop coming back to it.
hear hear! wtf!! i want to say more, but seriously, where to begin. also, the great gatsby full of funny rather than full of money reference? really? REALLY? i think this article pisses me off even more than it otherwise would since for about 2 minutes during the election maureen down tricked me into thinking she could be interesting.
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