Portlandia (2011) Summary

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1. Portlandia: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes 2. TV Review | 'Portlandia' is far from over - The Tufts Daily 3. Portlandia: box set review | TV comedy - The Guardian 4. Review: Portlandia: Season One - Slant Magazine 5. Portlandia TV Review | Common Sense Media 6. “Portlandia” in Portland : Curated Life in the Utopian City - Métropolitiques 7. Portlandia Reviews - Metacritic 8. Film Reviews - Journey with Jesus

1. Portlandia: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes

A new music and film festival takes over Portland and Fred, Carrie and all of Portland gets swept up in the excitement. Content collapsed. ... Baseball Content ...
Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Fred Armisen and rock 'n' roll guitarist Carrie Brownstein first cracked up audiences as the internet sketch-comedy duo ThunderAnt. That led to this absurdist series set in Portland, Ore., that gently pokes fun at the laid-back Pacific Northwest city and the many eccentric characters that call it home. Among the many recurring guest stars on the series are Ed Begley Jr., Jeff Goldblum, Natasha Lyonne, Kumail Nanjiani and Kyle MacLachlan, who plays Portlandia's mayor.

The brainchild of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, "Portlandia" returned for a new season on Feb. 27, and the show is doling out more ironic humor than ever.
There are few comedy shows that showcase as small a small niche as "Portlandia" (2011-present), and even fewer that satisfy the comedic desires of such a particular target audience. The humor does not just revolve around lampooning hipster stereotypes, but is specifically focused on the hipster stereotypes of one particular city - but then again, that's something Portland, Ore. is in no short supply of. The brainchild of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, "Portlandia" returned for a new season on Feb. 27, and the show is doling out more ironic humor than ever - now with more poignant issues at stake. Six episodes in, the fourth season is more than halfway finished, and has consistently delivered the show's best episodes thus far.

2 mrt 2011 · Structured as a series of vignettes featuring an array of locavores, artisanal light-bulb makers, and avian-obsessed conceptual artists, the ...
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein satirize their subjects, but there’s always an undertone of sympathy in their portrayals.

4 feb 2023 · Portlandia is a quirky comedy that gently teases its intended audience of post-hip adults in their 30s and 40s, but otherwise has little iffy content.
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Quirky comedy about hipsters is mild but meant for adults. Read Common Sense Media's Portlandia review, age rating, and parents guide.

In season 3, episode 8, Fred is supposed to be the cover story in Portland Monthly's “The Man Issue,” but it turns out that he is a fake furniture-maker and is ...
Popular among educated creatives, hipsters, foodies, and other crunchy urbanites, the US television show Portlandia revels in pointing out the

11 jan 2011 · Summary IFC has greenlighted a new series that will focus on how life really is in Portland, Oregon. Lorne Michaels will executive producer ...
IFC has greenlighted a new series that will focus on how life really is in Portland, Oregon. Lorne Michaels will executive producer the short-based series, which stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.

Portlandia is a clever television satire about all things hip in Portland: the coffee culture, feminist book stores, "artisan light bulbs," the Allergy Pride ...
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