Movies & TV Dec 20, 2011 at 10:14 am

"People's Portlandia": Because Portlandia Isn't Embarrassing ENOUGH.

Alison Hallett
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This city is just going to disappear up its own asshole someday.
Todd Mecklem on December 20, 2011 at 10:21 AM Report this
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Can we note that this project features Portland's sexiest dude, Nolan Calisch? http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/po…
s.mirk on December 20, 2011 at 10:27 AM Report this
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Couldn't we have "People's Grimm" instead? Let's show those Hollywood bigwigs what real Northwestern animal-people look like!
dimitrir on December 20, 2011 at 10:28 AM Report this
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Cue Graham posting Michael Scott's "no, no, god no".
cat & beard on December 20, 2011 at 10:38 AM Report this
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@ Todd

Better than whatever I was going to say.
Marq on December 20, 2011 at 10:43 AM Report this
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Can we at least replace the real P-landia with more from these guys? It's honestly much funnier.
TSW on December 20, 2011 at 10:53 AM Report this
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Todd Mecklem for Comment Of The Year.
shaitan on December 20, 2011 at 10:59 AM Report this
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shaitan,

Because of the irony?
TSW on December 20, 2011 at 11:06 AM Report this
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That's Portland's sexiest dude Mirk? Looks like all the other dead fish eyed bearded dorks I see everyday...btw i agree with Todd Mecklam. This town is getting preposterous
on December 20, 2011 at 11:16 AM Report this
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Awesome that PSU's MFA students are getting to work on a sophomore year group thesis. It's sad that a promising program has been progressively replacing originality with notoriety.
HT on December 20, 2011 at 11:26 AM Report this
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Portlandia isn't funny, and neither was that.
friendlydave on December 20, 2011 at 11:31 AM Report this
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Portlandia is funny enough. It's a parody of hipster culture - a culture worth poking fun of - and Portland just happens to be the setting.
azure on December 20, 2011 at 11:41 AM Report this
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Yeah... totally what Todd said.
LokNaar on December 20, 2011 at 11:45 AM Report this
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It has a goat in it, its totally funny to me. Thats all I need.
Leaky 2.0 oz The Avatar Slayer on December 20, 2011 at 11:57 AM Report this
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"If anybody wants to make a documentary short in which I wear leather boots into the vegan coffee shop and then complain about the service, I'll be doing that anyway."

COTW
Ben Coleman on December 20, 2011 at 11:59 AM Report this
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@C&B: AT THIS POINT, TWO-THIRDS OF THE POSTS NEED THAT YOUTUBE CLIP EMBEDDDED IN THEM. I WANT SOMETHING NEW, PREFERABLY WITH THE MOTIFF OF "KILL IT WITH FIRE"
Graham on December 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM Report this
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Just as some confuse the map with the territory, it seems others confuse parody/satire with their targets.

I love Portlandia and I have a feeling this series will produce some fine humor as well. That video was hilarious! AND I love Portland! I feel bad for all the snarky commenters out there.

Haters gonna hate...
jonathangordon on December 20, 2011 at 3:24 PM Report this
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kitty!
lb on December 20, 2011 at 4:01 PM Report this
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@Jonathan: I think I speak for many of us when I say that the problem is not that we aren't Portlandia's strawman hipster targets, it's that the show's parody isn't very funny or really even Portland specific at all.

AND I love Portland!
cat & beard on December 20, 2011 at 5:02 PM Report this
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Yeah they are both funny. But this is good because it gives homegrown C&B and friendlydave, and those who think P-landia is "not funny", an opportunity to do better. I mean, if you a connoisseur of Funny, then why do you just sound boring and critical? I bet you don't even know how many ears Davy Crockett has.

Spoolo on December 21, 2011 at 2:19 PM Report this
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I am planning a new cinema verite in which dorky Vegan fixie riding "hipsters" are attacked by bums and beaten senseless (errr.....more senseless than they already were that is), let's call Bum Fights II.....Bums VS Dorks
on December 21, 2011 at 2:44 PM Report this
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I hate Portlandia. It's emphasis on (and participation in) the whole pre-fab self-conscious whimsical wackiness that's supplanted the authentic weirdness of Portland disgusts me. But more importantly, it's at best sporadically, mildly amusing.

Fred Armisen embodies everything I loathe about the hordes of tragically trendy newcomers who have fucked everything up. Carrie Brownstein is a comic genius and deserves a less embarrassing vehicle (and partner.)
on December 21, 2011 at 3:37 PM Report this
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PS: I second the nomination of Todd Mecklem's post as Comment Of The Year.
on December 21, 2011 at 3:39 PM Report this

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