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RE: SNL on CBGB Closing (Poehler as Smith)
- To: "Anthony J. Rzepela" <spamtony>, "Rebecca Lewis" <smoot>
- Subject: RE: SNL on CBGB Closing (Poehler as Smith)
- From: "Gart, Mitchell" <MGart>
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:23:55 -0400
- Cc: <babel-list>
- Sender: owner-babel-list
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- Thread-topic: SNL on CBGB Closing (Poehler as Smith)
This was really nice, thanks for posting it.
- Mitch
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> To: Rebecca Lewis
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> Subject: Re: SNL on CBGB Closing (Poehler as Smith)
>
> Rebecca Lewis (smoot) wrote:
> >
> >
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2006/10/16/life-im
> itates-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...)