Actually, I think Jan Hooks is a much fairer comparison with Wiig, although Hooks could do celebrity impersonations (which we don't see Wiig do very much, if at all) and Wiig can be much more extreme - for better or worse (and, as a Wiig fan, I'd say for better). In the words of Aunt Linda, "Gahhh!"
On Jan 4, 10:47 am, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/arts/television/04ryzi.html?_r=1&pa... > > Unlike some people here, I really am not a militant Wiig-hater; she > can make me smile and even laugh at times (I happen to like the > A-holes). But I am continually surprised by the media drumbeat pumping > her as a comedy hall-of-famer. In this NYT piece she comes across as > nice enough, so I am going to give her the benefit of the doubt and > assume this PR blitz is not her doing and more the work of NBC and > evil comedy master Lorne Michaels. Again we get the comparisons to > Radner and Tomlin (and the implication that Wiig is just as funny as > Fey or Poheler). > > Those looking for straight lines will like this: "... Ms. Wiig, who > describes herself as shy and never thought of herself as funny — still > doesn't, in some ways. "My personality, people don't — they're > surprised when I tell them that I do comedy" > > I am a huge Laker fan. At best Wiig reminds me of Lamar Odom, who is a > talented player who shows flashes of brilliance but just doesn't have > the stuff to be the best, or even second best, guy on the team. As the > third best guy on the team he is great. > > At her best, Wiig seems to be fitted as the third best member of the > SNL cast, somebody who would show flashes of real funny, but would not > have to anchor the show. If the propaganda blitz we have seen the last > 6 weeks means that SNL really is relying on Wiig to carry the show > post-Palin, post-Poehler (and I thought Poehler was somehwat > over-hyped) then I think that show is in for some real trouble. > > And please, can the next article about funny SNL women at least > mention Jan Hooks? She was funnier than any woman not named Gilda and > prettier than any women not named Tina, and yet she seems to have > become the invisible woman these days. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
