Also the one where the skate board dudes locked the two "cops" in the trunk and when the police chief showed up and opened the trunk he just looked down at them and shut the trunk.
Posted on 09/30/2016 11:54:10 AM PDT by Theoria
In the TV comedy version of Portland, Ore., the bookstore is called Women and Women First. In real life, it's In Other Words — and the shop is using frank terms to say the Portlandia show is no longer welcome to film there. The feminist store and community center faults the show's depiction of men dressing as women, its treatment of store staff, and its role in gentrification and race relations.
The staff of In Other Words made those claims in a blog post that shares its title with a sign that was placed in its window when the store's relationship with the show soured. The title is straightforward: "F*** Portlandia" (asterisks ours).
The store's staff say that by featuring Portlandia co-star Fred Armisen in a wig and a dress as Candace, one of the owners of Women and Women First, the show "throws trans femmes under the bus by holding up their gender presentation for mockery and ridicule."
On TV, the bookstore is portrayed as a home for strident advocacy and outrage. In their blog post, the staff of In Other Words depict the IFC comedy as "diametrically opposed to our politics and the vision of society we're organizing to realize."
We've asked the folks at IFC for their reaction and will update this post when they respond.
The tone of the store's blog post is markedly different from 2012, when the comedian and Portlandia regular Kumail Nanjiani visited In Other Words and spoke to some of its board members for a short online video.
Asked whether they'd seen the feminist bookstore sketch, one board member (who wasn't identified by name in the video) said, "It's not like a lot of what happens here ... but it's funny."
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Lol! That’s one of my favorite parts of the show!
Proving once again that Liberals have NO sense of humor.
Totally hysterical that these feminist idiots have finally tripped over the fact that they are being held up into the light of ridicule. It's satisfying that all they can do is pitch a hissy fit, currently.
I tried watching that show. It was about as amusing as Bum Fights, and for the same reason.
Watching people make fools of themselves and not realize how stupid they look is depressing.
They outliberaled the outlandish liberalism mockery of their own liberalism.
Awesome. It’s like Comedy Inception.
So, truth hurts?
Mine, too.
I honestly tried to watch that show. I just totally failed to see anything funny in it. It was lame.
The problem with mocking progressives in an over the top fashion is they don’t see they are being mocked, and in fact consider it more of a brainstorming session.
silly rabbits. In the gender=neutral world promoted by you liberal wackos, the use of any female pronoun including 'femmes' (or Latinas) is not allowed. The owner is hereby fined 20 bitcoins for promoting sexism in Oregon.
“Lol! That’s one of my favorite parts of the show!”
Isn’t it though. My favorite outtake is Steve Buscemi’s visit to the store.
The left has no sense of humor, obvious. But, since WE do, check out the latest Trump ad, a takeoff on Stephen King’s “Misery” starring HRC: Please share if you like it.
https://youtu.be/BFjISalpm1k
I have watched some funny episodes of Portlandia and some that are not so funny. I actually consider the womens womens bookstore as some of the funnier episodes.
That was hilarious! One of the best. The one with the a/c contractors was good too.
Also the one where the skate board dudes locked the two "cops" in the trunk and when the police chief showed up and opened the trunk he just looked down at them and shut the trunk.
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