Slow Down, Tina Fey

Posted by Marisa October 10th, 2008 at 10:40am In 30 Rock SNL

I think Tina Fey is probably the closest thing I have to a role model. Actually, it’s more like Liz Lemon is my role model, because she’s geeky and awkward and unfashionable but she’s still successful because she’s a good writer and knows how to manage personalities that are bigger than hers. (Infer from that what you will.)

Yet, as much as my love for Tina Fey and Liz Lemon is tremendous, it’s starting to get exhausting. I don’t know if it’s the election or the Emmy Awards, but I’m starting to feel like we’re friends who are nearing the end of a weeklong vacation together and, while the trip wasn’t friendship-ending or anything, we’re both looking forward to going home and no longer sharing a hotel room.

Maybe it’s because I keep reading about the details of her $6 million book deal.

Maybe it’s because I see her American Express commercial every time I go to the movies, which is often.

Maybe it’s because even people like Art Spiegelman are name-checking her in interviews. (No wonder New York magazine predicts backlash.)

Maybe it’s because I hear that her Sarah Palin impression is single-handedly reviving SNL’s ratings.

Speaking of Sarah Palin, did you know that the Michigan Democratic Party is actually trying to get Tina Fey to campaign in the state?

All of this, and 30 Rock hasn’t even returned yet!

My advice to Ms. Fey: Slow it down. You’re awesome. You’re going to be awesome for a long time. You don’t need to do everything at once. Go home, sack out on the couch for a few days—take a real vacation, even. Just don’t do anything newsworthy for a while. We’ll still be here when you get back.