{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "What's your take on Portlandia?", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/130103449518/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: What's your take on Portlandia?</div>\n<p>Painfully dead-on.</p><p>In our defense, when New York does a sketch comedy show, the underlying message is \u201clook how superior we are to everyone else\u201d. \u201cI\u2019m Chevy Chase and you\u2019re not\u201d, etc.<br/></p><p>When LA does reality shows (which are just sketch drama with improv elements), the underlying message is \u201clook at me look at me look at me look at me look at me affirm me\u201d</p><p>And when Portland does a sketch comedy show? The underlying message is \u201cAre we being ridiculous? I\u2019m a little concerned we\u2019re being ridiculous.\u201d<br/></p><p>(I was going to start \u201cwhen Canada does a sketch comedy show\u2026\u201d, but most sketch comedy shows are actually Canadian in disguise.)</p><p>Bonus Cascadian sketch comedy: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Fa7B3a0Hs\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Nye saves the Space Needle by speedwalking</a><br/></p>"}