Mar 23 2018
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Let’s be honest; we know all the reasons why it makes sense for Portandia to end right now. It was a decidedly…
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Jan 18 2018
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After eight influential seasons, Portlandia is finally packing it in this year, and while the show’s cultural impact…
Feb 9 2017
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Early in Portlandia’s run, the show established a friendly relationship with the local basketball team, as former…
Feb 2 2017
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Through the course of its seven seasons, Portlandia has proven itself to be quite adept at skewering the mundane…
Jan 26 2017
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Since Portlandia first debuted in 2011, two of its most beloved recurring characters were Toni & Candace,…
Jan 19 2017
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For the second straight episode, Portlandia focuses on Fred getting carried away with an idea and making a fool of…
Jan 12 2017
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Going into Season 7 of Portlandia, one upcoming sketch that had gotten a lot of attention was “What About Men?”…
Jan 5 2017
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Fans of Portlandia were recently given the news that the shows seventh season, which premiered tonight, would be its…
Mar 24 2016
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For a show that gets most of its laughs out of small-scale events—a feminist bookstore, karaoke nights, beach trips,…
Mar 17 2016
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Season six of Portlandia has gotten a lot of mileage out of pushing its characters outside their comfort zones. Some…
Mar 10 2016
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With only three episodes to go this season, it’s surprising that it’s taken as long as it has for Portlandia to…
Mar 3 2016
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One of the best moments at last week’s Academy Awards was seeing Louis C.K. make an unexpected appearance as the…
Feb 25 2016
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The brand of comedy that Portlandia practices means that it’s a show constantly at risk of being too annoying. It…
Feb 18 2016
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In a recent interview with Vulture about his various comedy projects, Jonathan Krisel credited the bulk of Portlandia…
Feb 11 2016
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After three narratively driven episodes to kick off season six, “Weirdos Beach” returns Portlandia to its sketch…
Feb 4 2016
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At the end of last week’s Portlandia review, I talked about how while I loved the episode, I had some concerns about…
Jan 28 2016
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One of the earliest and most iconic lines in Portlandia was its designation of the city “where young people go to…
Jan 21 2016
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As it enters its sixth season, Portlandia finds itself in an interesting place. IFC announced a few months ago that…
Mar 12 2015
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In the third season of Parks And Recreation, after observing his first sample of the lunacy that is a Pawnee open…
Mar 5 2015
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One of the most prevalent criticisms I see leveled at Portlandia in comment sections and social media is the…