
Listen to the prompts and paint in new innovative ways Just react to the prompt and do it your way. I don’t ever want to get punched in the face over a joke.”Īnd those, my friends, are words to live by. Ms Bossy Pants 'Drawing & Painting Alternation' Audio Prompts. For years to be considered a genius in comedy, people had to be considered dangerous and unpredictable…I hire the most talented of the people who are the least likely to throw a punch in the workplace. “As a female producer I have a tacit ‘No Hotheads’ policy. She also recalls her rise to head writer on SNL, her connection to Sarah Palin, what she learned from Lorne Michaels (producing is about discouraging creativity) and the differences between male and female comedy writers (the men urinate in cups). Fey recounts stories of her childhood from her tough father, for whom most of the worlds ills can be described as “defective” and “inexcusable,” to her awkward teens and college years, which no doubt shaped her sense of humor and weltanschauung. Her film Mean Girls has been adapted for the stage, which is currently running on Broadway. Fey most recently created and starred in the show Great News on NBC. Her portrayal of Sarah Palin during the 2008 election was an instant classic. She created and starred in the Emmy award-winning comedy 30 Rock. In 1999, she became the first head writer on Saturday Night Live. Tina Fey (NYWIFT Muse Honoree ’05) is a triple threat: writer, producer and performer with a cutting sense of humor. “Start with a yes and see where that takes you.”


NYWIFT members Mellini Kantayya and Kathryn O’Kane have put together #SummerHours, a series of fun summer books, movies, and TV shows by or about women. Goodbye, winter caps-hello, summer hats! It’s that glorious time of year where many of us can switch from content creators to content consumers.
