Posted by TheMojoPin at dialup-63.215.155.167.dial1.washington1.level3.net on December 17, 2001 at 23:41:57:
In Reply to: Janeane Garofalo, Kevin Smith fan posted by JeffM9872 on December 17, 2001 at 23:23:29:
Alright, I like Janeane Garofalo very much as an actress, but as a so-called "comedian," her shtick has been stagnant since about 1996 or so...yes, we GET it, you like to eat, yes we GET that "Hollywood" gives you shit about it, yes, we GET you love your dogs more than most people, yes, we GET that that Joan Rivers is your arch-nemesis, blah-blah-blaaaaaaah...I always associated her with Jon Syewart and Ben Stiller since they all began getting attention early in the 90's around the same time and seem to work with each other over and over, but why did Janeane get left behind? She's definitely in Dennis Leary-ville in terms of not growing a comedian...Stewart pulled a Carlin and managed to grow and change as his audience did...same with Stiller, both keeping their comedic targets and projects pretty open and varied, whereas Janeane has pretty much wallowed in nothing but poor, put-upon indie-grrrrl-land for far too long now...
Still she was pretty damn awesome in "Steal This Movie" and "Long, Hot, Wet American Summer"...
-TMP