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hookers, ladies and 3rd wavers of comedy. read this.

Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 4:42 pm
by erikamay
i've already cornered a couple of you guys about this month's BUST magazine interview with Amy Poehler and my feelings on it being required reading for any person down with comedy, especially of the lady persuasion. for those i haven't yet put the lean on, i figured i post up here.

i dont want to pooch it, but its hilarious and spot on. unfortunately, its not available online, but - in talking about it with nadine last night - found out that salon.com was equally taken with it and recently had a write up on it.

i've pasted their op-ed below, and would be willing to lend my copy of this month's BUST to anyone who is interested in reading it, if the write up piques your interest.

smacky noises with fingers involved,
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Where Have All The Real Women Gone?
— Mister D @ 3:52 am
Salon
Soloway on Poehler: A Broadsheet fantasy interview
Rebecca Traister

It’s one of life’s small sadnesses that Bust magazine has a relatively limited online presence. Today it’s especially sad, because it means we can’t send you directly to read the interview it has published this month with two of my very favorite writers/performers/funny people, Amy Poehler and Jill Soloway.

You probably already know Poehler as a “Saturday Night Liveâ€

Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 5:01 pm
by Roy Janik
Here's images of the interview, ripped by someone on ze internet. Get 'em before they're removed:

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Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 5:09 pm
by erikamay
thanks roy!

Posted: October 6th, 2006, 4:44 pm
by Roy Janik
I'd never heard of the male gaze, so the references in the article confused me.

Fortunately, today's Dinosaur Comics explains things:

http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=859

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