Dolor and decay

So I find myself here in LA, hot and sunny in the middle of February. Wonderful and a little scary.

Watched the Oscars last sunday... or at least, part of them. 80th Anniversary and supposedly the least watched Academy Awards of all time. Makes sense cause no one gave a crap about any of the nominees this year, including me. Haven't even seen any of the films, besides Juno (which while good, didn't really deserve a nomination in my opinion).

The night before I watched the first post-writer's strike SNL - hosted by Tina Fey. I love that woman and totally believe she is a great comedian, writer and probably person, but shit did SNL suck. Which I guess isn't surprising since it's been sucking for a while now. I don't get it. There are so many funny people on right now - Bill Hader, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, Amy Poehler and yet every episode I see is so lame. I mentioned this recently and a woman got on my case, explaining it isn't the fault of SNL because the hosts ultimately decide what sketches get done. Okay then, that explains a shitty episode when Britney hosts, but Tina Fey?! What's going on folks? How can we be simultaneously experiencing a renaissance of hilarious movies (Superbad, Knocked Up, etc) and a drought of television sketch comedy? Makes me sad.

I want to acknowledge that Ms. Fey tries her best to create female-centered comedy (by, for and about ladies) but it usually falls flat at best, or offends at worst. BITCH magazine said it before, but I'll say it again. What the fuck is wrong with her that she allows Liz Lemon of 30 Rock to be such a pitiful character? Exposing feminist rhetoric, claiming she is happy as a successful, single career woman, Lemon is continually cut down by her *male* boss who points out that she is indeed unhappy because she is a single, career woman. Swear to god, every episode goes something like this:

Fey: I'm a successful woman! I'm the boss in a male-dominated field! I'm totally happy ! I don't need a man!
Baldwin: But you dress like crap, eat like crap and are totally lonely.
Fey: You're right. I'm miserable. Better find a man.

Sigh. One step forward, two steps back.
Tina. You said that Bitch is the new black. Time to back it up and Bitch it up.