Tina Fey's Parody Summary

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Plot summary In the beginning of this section Tina Fey explains her proudest moment as one of the head writers on SNL. Some of the commercials they shot from the film would cost up to $100,000. However, it was a big deal to get your commercial parody made because they were permanent. (page 138-139) Tina Fey described “Choosing commercial parodies and which ones to produce always brought out the worst in everyone.” (page 139) “There was a rule that you never pushed for your own piece, ever” (page 139) or you would get in trouble and frowned upon. Tina Fey mentions working with her best friend Amy Poehler and was less alone at work now. (page 144) She also mentions “Publicity and press junkets are just part of the job.” (page 147)
Tina Fey describes being at a famous photo shoot “introducing you to the stylist and shown rack and racks
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The Most Important Rule of Beauty “Who cares?”
The “Twelve Tenets” show what people do to improve themselves however, at the end it doesn’t matter what you do. You can do whatever you want! What Tina Fey learned from Lorne Michaels “Producing is about discouraging creativity.” (page 121) Another thing is “The show doesn't’ go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30.” (page 123) When having a Saturday Night Live show “You will need some Harvard boys and fun chicago improvisers.” (page 124) Make sure you have a lot of considerations and you are willing to work with co-workers at anytime when working on set.
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Tina Fey’s rules she states “A wise friend once told me, “Don’t wear what fashion designers tell you to wear. Wear what they wear.” This means no matter what people throw onto the runway or in our lives favor the simple things and the flattering pieces for themselves. (page 111) Tina Fey just wants everyone with these rules to be themselves not what people tell you to do, do what they do or go off and do your own

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