View Full Version : Meet Sarah Baker, the star of last night’s “Louie” “Fat Lady” episode


TMC
05-13-2014, 06:04 PM
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/12/louie-louis-ck-fat-lady-sarah-baker

“The only description that I had (of the role) was that she was a waitress at the Comedy Cellar,” says Baker. "I think it said she was 'friendly, funny and comfortable in her own skin.' But that’s all I knew until I got there (https://twitter.com/louisck/status/466168110995603456).” PLUS: This was one of the most thought-provoking episodes (http://time.com/97369/louie-so-did-fat-lady) of TV this season, Louis CK gives parenting advice to Jimmy Fallon (http://www.people.com/article/louis-ck-jimmy-fallon-parenting-advice), and "Louie's" daughter (http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/ursula-parker-louie-ck-jane-chat.html) talks about her subway role last night.
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#WS7MefQDuxsd2fqD.99

TMC
05-14-2014, 04:30 PM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/05/12/louie_so_did_the_fat_lady_louis_ck_writes_a_fat_girl_to_apologize_for_men.html

As Willa Paskin points out, "A woman as confident and comfortable as Vanessa would not, I don’t think, imagine herself as the victim of her weight and blame guys like Louie as entirely as her speech suggests. As a guilt trip, her speech is perfect; as a character exploration, it’s a little bit too much of a guilt trip. Vanessa’s teachable moment, and the episode more largely, is as scathing to Louie as possible. But it’s also condescending to Vanessa: I mean, if all Vanessa wanted in life was to hold hands with a nice guy, a girl as cool as she is could do just that.” PLUS: Louis CK pulled his punches (http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117756/louis-cks-lecturing-women-and-louies-fat-girl-speech) and his speech was condescending, Louis CK finally destroyed his "Manic Pixie Dream Girl” (http://www.salon.com/2014/05/13/louies_manic_bossy_nightmare_girls/) fantasy, at least he started a necessary conversation (http://www.avclub.com/article/fat-woman-talking-louie-starts-necessary-conversat-204504), why do overweight men rank (http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/05/social-scientist-louis-ck-on-weight-and-dating.html) higher thanoverweight women, and what about men who love “Big Beautiful Women” (http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/what-louies-fat-girls-tirade-got-wrong-about-the-dudes-1575868260)?
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#CLe4HmymASOgYMvd.99