-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Fallon's First Show From: "Kevin M." <[email protected]> Date: Thu, March 05, 2009 1:56 pm To: [email protected]
>> Seriously? You consider "Mean Girls" to be Tina Fey's "big breakthrough"? >> You'd never heard of the woman before she rode Lindsay Lohan's coattails >> to fame? :) > > I didn't post this initially, but I'd concur with it. "Mean Girls" was the > only thing Fey's ever done that I liked, and it is one of the last times > film captured Lindsey Lohan before she completely skanked out. *shrug* I won't argue the point too much, other than to say I just held a quick poll among ten co-workers sitting near me. Age range heavily weighted toward the early/mid-20s, up to a couple of folks in their early 40s (since I excluded my late-40s demographic), and simply asked "where did you know Tina Fey from, before '30 Rock'?" The most popular answer (10 out of 10, to be exact) was "Weekend Update, on Saturday Night Live." Not a single mention of co-starring with Lindsay Lohan. Not very scientific, even I'd agree...but I'd be pretty surprised if an official poll came up with wildly different numbers. > The age of guests doesn't relate to the targeted audience demographic, > at least not as directly as a few seemed to imply. Agreed, and I didn't mean to imply that I thought it did. I'd say (just my opinion) that the 38-year-old Tina Fey appeals more to an older crowd than does Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz, who are only a few years younger. I feel this is based on the target audiences in their past bodies of work, rather than something as simple as their age. Very generally speaking, Barrymore has done her best work in silly romantic comedies, and Diaz has built her resume on her looks, or as the desirable female of the latest attempt at slapstick/romance that she tries. Fey, on the other hand, has made her name with "thinking" comedy, which just seems to appeal to an older, more mature audience. I dunno...I'm stuck at work, and I'm suddenly realizing this topic is a lot more subjective than I thought it was when I first piped up, and it probably requires a lot more time and explanation than I have available to put in here. Maybe if somebody keeps the argument going, I'll have time to make a better response tonight after work. Doug Fields Tampa, FL --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
