This blog is a bit weird. I really didn't understand it. What I got from it was that I've to do research on a female artist. Now there’s ton of wonderful female artists out there, but I always loved Tina Fey for her humor and outspokenness. Even though Tina Fey isn't as relevant as she was in 2008 when her stardom peaked, she still is very out spoken and takes strong stances on her beliefs. Before her show, she was in SNL for 9 years, starting out as writer and then skits until she finally found a permanent position in Weekend update. This move is important for the Auteur theory because that’s when she really had freedom to say what she wanted.
“I love to play strippers and to imitate them. I love using that idea for comedy, but the idea of actually going there? I feel like we all need to be better than that. That industry needs to die, by all of us being a little bit better than that. Tina Fey, Vanity Fair (2008) (thenewinquiry.com). I love this quote because it shows that Tina Fey is willing to go to any measure for her job, but it also shows her disapproval for her job. When she mentions that the industry needs to die that’s her way of saying that there's need to be change, not every women is meant to be played as stereotype, in her case a stripper. This is one of the many examples of her outspokenness. She knows that as a woman in Hollywood they're only so much they can do.
Update: Women's News
(Just in case you can't see it.)
In the clip above we see this segment called “Women’s News” and in the clip we see updates on “Women's news” and they were good and progressive updates for women, but then she mentions Sandra Bullock and Bombshell McGee. If people don’t remember, Sandra Bullock was married to Jesse James for five years and then divorce because he was having an affair with Bombshell McGee. The reason was the Oscar curse, but Tina Fey cleverly states that it’s not a Oscar curse, but a “Lady curse.” What makes this clip different is that Tina Fey is almost venting about the women that give women a bad name. She starts her segment by explaining the accomplishments of women and even starting that people don’t care about it which means that times are changing (which I agree with). But, now she mentions Bombshell McGee and rips her a new one. It may come out as a vent, but we see her passion and intensity while not breaking her character or jeopardizing the skit. We can see how strong her beliefs are.
I love Tina Fey for a number of reasons. Shes an awesome actor, writer and mother. She isn't scared to speak her mind and doesn't shy from her beliefs. She uses her fame to get her message out. There's a million female artist I could've picked but I picked her because of many reasons, but shes also one of inspiration to get into media. I used to watch SNL just for her and I don't mind telling people that a women inspired me. And I told people that and they laugh, but I always respond by saying that she isn't scared of speaking her mind, wearing some sweet looking glasses and being funny at the same time.
Works Cited
BRESLAW, ANNA. "The Unfuckables." The New Inquiry The Unfuckables Comments. N.p., 10 May 2012. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/the-unfuckables/>.
Leo, Alex. "Tina Fey UNLOADS On 'Bombshell' McGee, Mocks Tiger's Mistresses (VIDEO)."Http://www.huffingtonpost.com. N.p., n.d. Web.
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