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UPFRONTS 2013: The Overachievers
IFC has greenlit “Portlandia,” an original short-based comedy series about the people and values of Portland, Ore. SNL‘s Fred Armisen and singer/guitarist Carrie Brownstein star. Armisen and Brownstein will write the series with Allison Silverman and Jonathan Krisel. The series is executive produced by Lorne Michaels. Portlandia begins production later this month and is shot entirely on location in Portland.
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Sounds like a web series and not a good one. Armisen couldn’t wait until he’s done with SNL and is floundering in advance.
You’re right, actually, Armisen and Brownstein have made quite a few videos.
http://www.thunderant.com/
Feminist Book Store is brilliant. I’m curious to see how their show does.
oh, fuck Portland, the land of unrelentingly hip. If you’re not some skinny shit riding your bike in the rain with a tattoo of a kitchen knife on your forearm to your life’s work at your stupid little organic-vegan bakery then you just can’t fit in. I hate that town.
And you’re … where, @gobacktosleep? Williamsburg or fucking Park Slope, I bet.
Good to see Carrie Brownstein doing more: she’s smart and funny and extremely talented. And, ahem, sexy as hell.
Gobacktosleep you are HIGHlarious…I am from PDX and want to slap you a high five.
Dude, your vibe is so heinous, I live here and it rocks, of course I get tired of everything being renamed after Cesar Chavez, but hey man, the coffee’s good the brews are cold – love and peace man.
the face that you just said “your vibe is so heinous” is exactly what he’s talking about, meng. But it’s all good…enjoy your town, it’s all yours! I moved to Corvallis where people still think having brakes on bicycles is a good idea. very old fashioned and uncool.
What are you some kind of racist? Move to Arizona, we don’t need your kind here in Portland, we only allow people that are inclusive to everyone that drinks microbrew for breakfast before hopping on their fixed gear bikes.
Hilarious. Sounds like you might have trouble ‘fitting in’ most places. Maybe you should host the show instead of Armisen, it might help keep away all the unemployable hip who keep moving here and clogging up our bike lanes.
I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over the buzz of the tattoo needles in the background.
Oh, so you’ve seen the show?
sounds like youre talking about seattle. sure, there are hipsters in portland, but everyone is so friendly. sounds like YOURE the only grmpu fuckr in town! haha!
Oh, my god! I totally saw that guy! I hate Portland too, that’s why I moved back to Vermont.
Really? do u really think that everyone from Portland is a hippy? I’ll let you know that I’ve been living here for 15 years, and I have yet to meet a hippy. Don’t believe everything you read, come visit to see for yourself. It’s my favorite town, I’m sure you’ll like it if u dnt freaking judge.
Did you completely base your opinion of Portland on Anthony Bourdain’s visit to Portland? Cause it sure sounds like everything you just mentioned were things that were featured on that episode.
haha! thank you, maybe that will help keep more people out of Portland. oh yeah, and it rains allll the time, and there are NO jobs. so don’t even think about moving here!
Sounds like fun to me. There’s a lot more interesting things going on here than just hip 20-somethings with tattoos and bikes. There’s also tattoo’d moms who live in suburbia car-free.
This has “no one will watch outside of Portland” written all over it – was IFC bummed because HBO was already committing to series on Brooklyn and Silverlake and they wanted to keep up? Hipster cred = lowratings/BO.
born and raised Portlandian here – Armisen is hilarious but it may be hard to capture the subtleties. I hope it doesn’t end up focusing primarily on the transplant hipsters who seem to be louder about their subcultural expression, rather than the indigenous Portlandians who can vary from stereotypical hipster to mainstream to blue collar to anything in between.
“Portlandian”?
I just wanted to write a blurb about the city I love, I was born and raised there and had to move because the truth of the matter is theres no work and if you have a job the wages do not compare to the cost of living, I moved to the Seattle area recently, got a job, buying a house and actually living much more comfortably, sooooo in summing this up, love Portland, but it needs to deflate itself before it explodes!!!
Guess this will fill the ratings void left by PARTY DOWN.
I’ve lived in Portland for 14 years, and hate those same people.
If the show makes hipsters look like the fools they are and makes even one scrawny, over-educated, under-employed slob with an attitude go back to where they came from (or better yet, gain 30 lbs., get a real haircut and a shave, get a car and throw the fixie in the dumpster, and get a real job), it’ll be worth it.
The nasty website Encyclopedia Dramatica has this gem about Portland:
Portland has a reputation for being high-minded, progressive and full of unwarranted self-importance. It is widely known as the whitest, laziest, with the biggest concentration of racists in denial than anywhere in the world and the most racist large city in America west of New Orleans, in spite of what anyone with a case of butthurt hometown loyalty will tell you.
Ha yeah. Inner-Portland denizens love to comment on “how white it is” and wish for more diversity. 60 seconds later they’ll be making a snide comment about how lame Gresham, Beaverton and Hillsboro are paying no attention to the fact that those places are where all the minorities live (or are being gentrified out to)
As a native Portlander now living in New Orleans, I’m quite confused by the above comments. Racism here in New Orleans is horrifying and utterly outside my experiences in Portland. Do we forget that the formerly white-as-white trash alley out Lents way is now a heavily populated Asian district with fine authentic shops and services of all sorts? That’s hardly the hinterlands of Hillsboro and Gresham (which have higher Hispanic populations because the UGB keeps those regions relatively farm-friendly and much of the Hispanic population is related to migrant farm workers.) And yes, gentrification is a problem everywhere worth living. I blame capitalism for not having any values other than the buck.
As for hipsters, I’m as annoyed by the scrawny-assed, girl-jeans-wearing crew as the next person, but telling anyone to get a car in this day and age is just ignorant backlash.
Wow. I’m a native Oregonian and have lived in PDX the last 30 of my nearly 60 years and I just don’t get all this generalization about it. We have an over abundance of skinny ass bike riders who think that because the law favors them they are therefore impervious to being run over by a motor vehicle and there is coffee on every street corner but racist? What the hell is that about? Their are more “celebrate diversity” folks here than you can shake a latte at. Its mostly good folks.
If that comment about Portland on ED and any others like it on this site keep the assholes who would believe it out of my city, then more power to them! I’d rather stuffy pricks who make sweeping generalizations and asinine assumptions stay out of Portland.
Portland Sucks! Don’t move here! You’ll suffocate from the Hipster stench! Trust me!
I love the entry and it is spot on. I have family who live in Portland, transplants, and all they talk about is how amazingly progressive everyone is…and how it is so open minded. Ha! Express your views…eat a steak, drive a car and you will find out how open minded they are. Portland natives are probably super cool…all the wanna be hipsters are ridiculously closed minded, completely void of reason.
I’m a native Oregonian and I find this interesting. Portland is beautiful. No doubt about it. Lots of material to make fun of (annoying hipsters, under skilled over achievers, burned out hippies) but the film industry up there lacks any real maturity. There are some good vendors, some good grips/gaffers and some good directors. But overall what it lacks LA has in spades. Hence why I work in LA and not Portland.
Good luck Mr. A, I hope it works. Just don’t fall victim to the Portland coma…
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Least funny person to ever step foot on the SNL stage.
Actually, as Mr Michaels said so well: “No, that would be Steven Segal…..”
I hope he does his Obama impression, which involves him speaking like Fred Armisen.
to BobbyFree……
you got it right brother. hit the nail on the head.
People who care enough about a fucking CITY to throw a high-heater at it on a film message board and more importantly think anyone gives a fuck, are hilarious. Do we all end up resorting to the methods of those we ‘despise’, or are we all simply jealous as fuck. Too funny. I’ve been to PDX and I thought it was cool. I take it for what it is – another place to visit. And Fred Armisen is very talented. So eat it!
Gus VanSant, Mike Rich, Todd Field, Brendan Fraser, James Caviezel, Jeff Probst, Todd Haines, Matt Groening, Ursula K. Le Guin, Katherine Dunn,Chuck Palahniuk, and others have passed through Portland. It’s more than bikes and tattoos. Portland is something special and weird but most people don’t like to talk about it. Many creative types board the Alaska jet on Monday to fly into Burbank to work then come home again on Friday…it’s only 2 hours away and sometimes faster than driving from Burbank to Culver City. Portland is one of the best kept secrets….that’s why former governor Tom McCall told people to come visit but don’t stay. People who don’t get Portland usually don’t have much of a soul.
I don’t know what the hell you all are complaining about. At least it’s not another reality show. Jesus. How many shows have you first thought were shit and then…ohohohoh..what time is it? My favorite show is on. The one that you thought was shit. And oh…I guess the almost 40 something years that SNL has been on the air…that doesn’t count. What? Is everyone pissed because it’s not shooting in LA or New York? You talk about how bad the unemployment is here in Oregon. Well!!! Jobs folks. Yes, film wise – Portland isn’t what it was in the 70′s thru the 90′s. After the SAG strike everything fell apart. Have you worked with the Crews here? They are excellent. And it is true that there are issues in Oregon. But I’m sure where you live is so damn perfect. Stop trying to take down all the incredible things that Oregon is trying to accomplish. Bikers are irritating as hell but it’s all about Oregon contributing. Contributing to your future. How you discribe Oregon is like discribing San Francisco. Want to talk shit about that town? Ok. I’m done.
But my Dear Anonymous Portlandia IS a reality show. It shows just how laughable the hipsters of Portland really are. What a joke! Its now national, and its on Portland!
Portland coma? Laugh out Loud… bitter much? here is an idea… STAY IN LA
I am a tattoo’d, bike riding hippy grrl transplanted from NoCal to PDX. I love the cool kid hype and I’m dying from laughter at this thread. It’s true; the hipsters take themselves way too seriously (myself included) but that’s the essence of some parts of the city. Tas, I think you may be right about the subtleties not translating well but either way I’ll give this show a shot
I’m looking forward to this show. I hope it shows all the reasons why many of us love Portland, and even the reasons why some can’t stand it. I can’t imagine it will focus on hipsters too much, otherwise it would be an over-emotional reality show that any real hipster would never approve of because reality tv is too “mainstream.” The truth is making fun of hipsters is fun, and I hope there’s no lack of mockery in “Portlandia.”
I’ve lived in Portland for 15 years, and I surely hope this show takes the piss right out of the blatant douchebagery that runs rampant in this city. I love it here, but that Encyclopedia Dramatica entry fucking nailed it.
Hipsterism should be known as the goose chase it is: Hyper Socialization Disorder. Keeping up, showing up, drinking up, lighting up, sucking up, one-up, giving up … the anxieties and desperation are endless! HSD should appear in the DSM-IV sometime soon, a full-blown mania.
No doubt. Lived in Portland 7 years. Rude people. Full of themselves and self importance. But that comes with a town where most people have lived their entire lives. How can anyone stay in Portland their entire lives? Anyway- Portlandia will be a failure. Why? because it isn’t a funny place nor the people in it. It is a boring replica of Seattle. Not to put Seattle down at all. Portlandia. what the h?
Good luck making that work. And who will be cast for supporting and xtras? same old boring ass actors that are in all of the commercials and Leverage episodes. Come on people wake up! You have no idea of talent. I scoff at Portlandia and Portland.
Lifelong northwesterner (mainly Portland) that agrees with Drewster. If you don’t like it, just stay away. To get all wound up about a city you don’t even live in is idiocy. If you hate your city, then move. If you hate my city, then find a place to post (such as this one) and give me a good laugh. I find it odd that one of the stereotypes applied to Oregonians is the skinny bike rider, when we are a pretty fat people. Never have understood why people don’t like others who are healthier.
It is true that the city has recently been attacked by neon fixie riding emobots… but I’m sure Portlandia will take the piss out of ‘em. I actually just witnessed an episode being filmed in SE where Armisen was dressed up in ridiculous hipster gear with a matching neon orange clown bike. My gf talked to him for a minute and took a pic…. nice dude! As we were walking towards the set one of the helpers was crossing the street and nearly got hit by a tatted up chick on a fixie trying to skid-stop…. causing me to go on a rant about how retarded those bikes are. Please people.. put some brakes on. If you want to do something cool ( and actually challenging ) on a bike get a BMX or MTB and hit the jump trails.
i moved to pdx from ca i have only lived here for a year but its been a magical year full of culture, shows, great street food, festivals, parades, fabulous coffee, amazing parks i could go on and on. i think you locals need to get out more and see how bad life really could be!
born and raised. and dont see why there are all these transplants who live here complaining about how there home is better. go back if it is. bbecause this is the life