New Portland TV series will feature our "Uber-liberal community" & "Crunchiness"

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  1. EL PRESIDENTE

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    not really.
     
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    Bump!
     
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    The first episode is out

    [video=hulu;8rSUR0H1EI3qCUmWphzRkA]http://www.hulu.com/watch/206160/portlandia-farm[/video]


    Meh...
     
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    Gotta set my DVR to record this. Looks like its gonna be a good show!
     
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    I'm not a huge fan of when people assume the "weird" part of Portland is all there is to Portland. I don't see this helping.

    EDIT: Watched it. It was tough for me to get through. For a half-hour time slot, there weren't many parts that I found funny, and a lot of it was really difficult to keep watching. Maybe it's just not my style though.
     
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    "It's kind of a house, but it's kind of falling apart right now."
    "I think that describes your life right now."

    "Women can't read minds you know, if she read your mind she would be scared to death."

    As someone who no longer lives in Portland, I found that very funny. But if I still lived there I would probably be pissed.
     
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    Should I be ashamed that the second I read "Screaming Infidelities" I knew it was Dashboard Confessional?

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    There were a few parts that were kinda funny but I thought for the most part it sucked.

    What a huge waste of Steve Buscemi.
     
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    Seems like it's more about the always-behind-the-curve transplanted ex-Californian community rather than representing Native Oregonians in any way. Oregon-born men, straight or gay, have actual backbones. The rubber-spined "pets" represented in most of the male roles were strictly Bay-Area clones.

    Steve Buschemi, and the old lady in the library came across to me like typical Oregonians. Maybe he can save it, but it's basically built around a single joke, and an old one that.

    As usual, LA is twenty years behind "hip".
     
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    No, I should be ashamed that I thought "that's not really an obscure lyric, that's actually a song title.
     
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    I agree. It's a lot of the outdated stereotypes of Portland that aren't true of the vast majority of Portlanders.
     
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    As opposed to Houston, which is known as the "fattest" city.
     
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