2017-04-13T12:06:12-07:00Tig Notaro Not Happy with Louis Ck 'SNL' SkitTig Notaro is speaking out about Louis C.K.’s Saturday Night Live short “Birthday Clown,” which has been criticized for bearing a strong resemblance to Notaro’s short film Clown Service.
In a statement provided exclusively to EW, Notaro says she found the sketch “extremely disappointing.” Notaro claims she learned that a “writer/director,” who she says was fully aware of Clown Service, also worked on the C.K. short. Though Notaro and C.K. have worked together in the past, she says the two of them “have not communicated in any way for nearly a year and a half.”
Both “Birthday Clown” and Clown Service focus on depressed characters (played by C.K. and Notaro, respectively) ordering a clown to their house to cheer them up.
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In a statement provided exclusively to EW, Notaro says she found the sketch “extremely disappointing.” Notaro claims she learned that a “writer/director,” who she says was fully aware of Clown Service, also worked on the C.K. short. Though Notaro and C.K. have worked together in the past, she says the two of them “have not communicated in any way for nearly a year and a half.”
Both “Birthday Clown” and Clown Service focus on depressed characters (played by C.K. and Notaro, respectively) ordering a clown to their house to cheer them up.
Read the rest of this article at Entertainment Weekly.
- 4/13/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
Watch Tig Notaro Talk Surprising Influences, Leaving Her Comfort Zone, and Clowns in Her Vulture Q&A
It's been a good year for Tig Notaro historians. First came Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro, in March, a Showtime documentary that followed the comedian as she performed in non-venues across the country. Four months later, Netflix released Tig, a more conventional doc that delved into many of the deeply personal circumstances that have fueled her comedy. And this Saturday the 22nd, HBO will be airing her first-ever stand-up special, Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted — which, while not a documentary, is sure nevertheless to be revealing (what with her comedy being deeply personal). To round out the informational mix, we're publishing an unreleased video from a screening of Notaro's short film, “Clown Service,” at this year's Vulture Festival. After showing the short, she spoke with Alex Jung about topics including her unlikely idols, damaging the stage at a Conan taping, and why comedy shouldn’t feel safe: “When you’re on the edge,...
- 8/17/2015
- by Devon Ivie
- Vulture
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