comment #1

Arran says ...

For what it's worth, here's what Fey said about the Hillary bit to EW:

Fey even feels a slight bit of comedian's remorse about the ferociously funny Hillary Clinton rant she unleashed while hosting SNL in February. She says the piece started as a bit about gender politics, but turned into what many saw as a full-on Clinton endorsement due to a last-minute tweak to the ending between dress rehearsal and showtime. ''The original ending we wrote was the one Tracy Morgan used [on the March 15 SNL], which was 'Bitch is the new black, but black is the new president.' It was sort of conceding, 'You're getting a raw deal — but guess what, you're done.' But it felt like a negative way to go out, so we said, let's just end on 'Bitch is the new black.''' The phrase (which was suggested by Fey's makeup artist, Richard Dean) immediately entered the country's political lexicon, and Fey was crowned Hillary's No. 1 Fan — a title she wasn't ready to accept. ''It was a weird position because I wasn't comfortable, but then I felt bad, like, 'I do think she's a very smart woman. I should be fine with it.''' Not surprisingly, Fey now declines to reveal which candidate she supports. ''I think all of the remaining candidates are intelligent people who truly want to serve our country and...well, I'll keep my mouth shut.'' She pauses. ''I was going to say, 'and who wouldn't rather just be commissioner of baseball.' Once again, why can't I keep my mouth shut?''

comment #2

Movie fan09 says ...

Jeff,
SNL isn't SNL anymore.
all they do is fawn over themselves and not back it up.

comment #3

Josh Massey says ...

Your general impression has been that Fey and Poehler are Clinton supporters. Anybody who has watched "30 Rock" for the past few years has heard pro-Obama lines with far more regularity.

Oh, and Speed Racer did less than $6 million yesterday. Ouch.

comment #4

lazespud says ...

Jeff, I'd encourage you to re-read what you wrote:

"If we lived in a Balkan country or a banana republic, they'd both be going into hiding right about now. Instead, we live contentedly in a society in which political differences are mostly tolerated and every scummy race-card tactic is regarded as politics as usual, sometimes even lightheartedly. I wonder how Fey and Poehler feel about Hillary's Imperial Wizard strategy? "

Did you mean to suggest, as you did, that it would be better if we were in a Balkan country? Do you really think Hillary's actions are comparable to the leadership tactics of the Ku Klux Klan? I can think of many families who might take offense at your glib comparison (with the last names of Evers, Frank, Chaney, Goodman, and Schwermer).

Hillary is gone. Time to bring it down a notch.

comment #5

Walter Sobchak says ...

Won't someone PLEASE find out for certain which presidential candidate Fey and Poehler are supporting. I need to know so that I can decided how I feel about them, that is, whether they're delightfully funny and charming or awful, hateful and disgusting.

comment #6

Bilge says ...

Whatever one may think of Fey or Poehler, Clinton or Obama, one thing is for sure: That Fey-Clinton rant on SNL was decidedly NOT "ferociously funny," and whoever wrote that for EW is a taste-deprived clod.

comment #7

The Bandsaw Vigilante says ...

I vote for Tim Calhoun.

comment #8

Rich S. says ...

"Freedom of choice; it's what you've got.

Freedom from choice; it's what you want."

-DEVO

comment #9

Dave Polands Gut says ...

Women in the tank for Hill?

Blacks in tank for Obama?

Thankfully "white americans" also want Hill

"white americans" love liars and phonies