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Geoffrey Dunn

Posted: September 13, 2009 02:22 PM

Tina Fey Disses Palin

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Saturday Night Live actress Tina Fey received an Emmy Award on Saturday for her spot-on impersonation of Republican vice presidential contender Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live.

Accepting her trophy for best guest actress in a comedy, Fey went through the ritual of thanking SNL producer Lorne Michaels and her parents, "who are lifelong Republicans, for their patience."

Employing her award-winning Palin-speak, Fey then issued some serious dish at the departed governor of Alaska: "Mrs. Palin is an inspiration to working mothers everywhere because she bailed on her job right before Fourth of July weekend. You are living my dream. Thank you, Mrs. Palin."

Fey had previously dissed Palin during an appearance on David Letterman. "She has a really crazy voice," said Fey. "Not since Sling Blade has there been a voice like hers."

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Award-winning writer and filmmaker Geoffrey Dunn is at work on a book about Sarah Palin and American politics, to be published by Macmillan/St. Martin's next year.

 
 
 
 
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11:10 AM on 10/15/2009
I saw the Palin Couric parody before I saw the real interview. I thought Tina went overboard with outragous comments. Then I found out she didn't change very much at all. Still people voted to put Palin one step away from the presidency.
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cydRN
03:38 PM on 09/14/2009
My favorite part of the Palin persona is how she tries to make "pageant-speak" work. She assumes she's the smartest person in the room (a frightening thought). She throws qualifiers and random "smart words" together in the hopes that no one will see it as bullsh*t . And this woman has a college diploma? Wasn't it some pokey Jr College no one ever heard of?

Another great example of this is the girl who was trying to answer a question about American inability to read a map. Does anyone remember that one?
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ConfuciusSay-
Aglets: their purpose is sinister.
12:28 AM on 09/15/2009
Miss Teen South Carolina, from the great state that gave us Joe Wilson, and Mark Sanford.
09:40 AM on 09/14/2009
Tina Fey needs to keep up her inpersonations for when Sarah Palin becomes president in 2012.
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Nitehawk
11:56 AM on 09/14/2009
I didn't know she was running for President of her local school board.
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Hollywooddeed
Bagger, please.
11:17 PM on 09/14/2009
No, they want someone smart for that.
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harmonikasavingsbonds
Standard?Nonsense! I DEMAND an automatic poodle!
08:33 PM on 09/14/2009
Why? She'd only QUIT.
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emrogers
For the times, they are a changin'
06:48 PM on 09/13/2009
The best thing to come out of Philadelphia since the cheese steak.
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LMPE
I connect the most dissimilar things
06:38 PM on 09/13/2009
The best part: SP's life continues being fraught with gaffes, so Tina Fey will always have more to work with!
05:21 PM on 09/13/2009
Tina Fey is awesome. If someone as wacky as Palin is going to be a political player and regularly in the news, it's great comic relief to have such impressive lampoonery.
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mommadona
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04:36 PM on 09/13/2009
TINA FEY FOR 2012 (yeah, we'll just fool 'em that way)....
04:18 PM on 09/13/2009
I think we should nominate Tina for the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her good works during the 2008 Presidential campaign. Oh, that would be the icing on the cake.
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Geoffrey Dunn
05:20 PM on 09/13/2009
Yes, I think that would put one certain resident of the Mat-Su Valley over the top.
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nicole473
Because Republicans are a threat to this democracy
09:32 PM on 09/20/2009
LOL!!
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ReealOne
Don't sweat the small Stuff, life is way too short
03:48 PM on 09/13/2009
Thanks Geoffrey for the blog. WE ALL needed the laugh today! And Tina, I wish that by YOU playing Sarah, you wouldn't make her look so sane, cause she 'ain't'. But I love YOU Tina as the excellent actress you are.

Not too many folks can venture into the alternate world realm of playing Sarah Palin, and stay sane. You deserved that award, and 20 more just like it for accomplishing this extreme task, AND coming back to reality undamaged.
Freesia2
I'm nicer than I appear in print. :-)
03:35 PM on 09/13/2009
Tina is my hero. (oine?)

It was really amazing this year how helpful the comedians (iennes?) were. Downright patriotic of them. Seriously. Of course Palin made it so easy. If I didn't know better I'd swear she turned herself into a joke on purpose just to help the late night comedy economy. But that would require an ability to be smart enough to be stoopid on purpose that I think she doesn't have. Smart isn't her thing.

Congratulations to Tina. I never tire of watching her "debate" with Queen Latifah as Gwen Ifill. I laugh out loud every time and think I always will. The line about "Ever since I was a child my favorite things have been Jews and Cuban food" and of course "Are we skipping the talent portion"? lol
04:10 PM on 09/13/2009
Comedian... there is really no need for the suffix. She is just as wonderful, and many times funnier (as we all know) than her male counterparts. She does the exact same job, but just happens to be female. So she is a Comedian!
Freesia2
I'm nicer than I appear in print. :-)
05:09 PM on 09/13/2009
Good enough. (I had somebody correct me on it one time. So I try to remember - but with a head scratch. I'm always sure I've spelled it wrong.)

Anyway, Tina is a comedian. And I'll always be grateful to her for some really excellent comedy this year, right when we needed it. Talk about good comic timing. She's terrific.
03:05 PM on 09/13/2009
Dunn, you are getting better every day...I never miss a word...

a fellow Santa Cruzan
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mommadona
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04:37 PM on 09/13/2009
I didn't know he was from SantaCruz!

I'm a mountain person, just up hwy9 to the top : )
04:52 PM on 09/13/2009
Grew up in Felton and Zayante, myself; now a resident of the Jefferson State behind the Redwood Curtain (lots of SLVers up here).

Go Cougars!
03:01 PM on 09/13/2009
Oh, Tina! Set your dreams higher, girl!
hehehehe.................wink.