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Tina Fey Tells The 'Most American White Lady Story' In New Movie, 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot'

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Carly Ledbetter
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Senior Reporter, HuffPost

If seeing the movie "Sisters" isn't quite enough Tina Fey for you, get ready for her new film, "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot."

The so-called 'war comedy' is based on the book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker. The New York Times reviewed the book way back in 2011, saying that Barker "depicts herself as a sort of Tina Fey character" and described her story as "Battle-Zone Absurdity and Adrenaline-Fueled Folly."

And, true to the NYT's description, the first trailer for "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" manages to make Fey look like she's having a grand ol' time in the Middle East. Sent to a war zone after being told she's one of the only "unmarried, childless personnel in this bureau" (a few women start to sob after hearing this) Fey makes her way overseas. For Fey's character, it's a nice reprieve from her job and her mildly depressive boyfriend, which another person in the movie calls "the most American white lady story."

Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton join Fey in the film, which arrives in theaters March 4, 2016.

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