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Re: SNL on CBGB Closing (Poehler as Smith)
- To: smoot (Rebecca Lewis)
- Subject: Re: SNL on CBGB Closing (Poehler as Smith)
- From: "weapons of mass destruction-related program activities" <spamtony>
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:43:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Cc: babel-list
- In-reply-to: <no.id>
- Reply-to: spamtony (Anthony J. Rzepela)
- Sender: owner-babel-list
Rebecca Lewis (smoot) wrote:
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2006/10/16/life-imitates-art-cbgbs_e_31807.html
>
> SNL's take on CBGB's closing with Amy Poehler as Patti Smith. YouTube Clip.
Poehler kinda goes back and forth between being a
brilliant visual mimic and just coasting on cliches,
but at least it's not just two minutes of unrelenting
unkindness, which SNL too often thinks passes for comedy.
A good effort, IMHO.
(And the HuffPost article should have been easier
to read...)