How Maya Rudolph Became the Master of Impressions
September 20, 2018 6:39 AM Subscribe
Ok I am really into this, but so far the first like 750 well-written words are spent comparing her to God and I can’t stop laughing. What would it be like to read this article about yourself?
I love Caity Weaver and I know this kind of deeply personal descriptive hyperbole-of-the-essence is her jam (remember Taylor Swift sliding herself between the fridge and the wall for the night? The most perfect description of a persona ever written), so. I’m guessing it gets even better from here.
(Also I cannot imagine a piece of writing more tailored to my interests, thank you ellieBOA!)
posted by schadenfrau at 7:45 AM on September 20, 2018 [6 favorites]
I love Caity Weaver and I know this kind of deeply personal descriptive hyperbole-of-the-essence is her jam (remember Taylor Swift sliding herself between the fridge and the wall for the night? The most perfect description of a persona ever written), so. I’m guessing it gets even better from here.
(Also I cannot imagine a piece of writing more tailored to my interests, thank you ellieBOA!)
posted by schadenfrau at 7:45 AM on September 20, 2018 [6 favorites]
Oh man this becomes so so so good and full and so loving. Please read this.
posted by schadenfrau at 7:59 AM on September 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by schadenfrau at 7:59 AM on September 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
She is a treasure. She put so much life and energy into her characters on SNL. The link to the "celebrities visit Beyonce and Jay-Z" SNL skit is worth watching. It's perfect.
I had to laugh at this line: "The school Rudolph attended was so white that one of her grade-school friends was Gwyneth Paltrow."
It's like, how much more white could that be? The answer is none. None more white.
posted by bondcliff at 8:00 AM on September 20, 2018 [17 favorites]
I had to laugh at this line: "The school Rudolph attended was so white that one of her grade-school friends was Gwyneth Paltrow."
It's like, how much more white could that be? The answer is none. None more white.
posted by bondcliff at 8:00 AM on September 20, 2018 [17 favorites]
I loved her in the Rentals!
posted by freecellwizard at 8:30 AM on September 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by freecellwizard at 8:30 AM on September 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
She sparkled as the lounge singer in A Very Murray Christmas
posted by Ber at 8:34 AM on September 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Ber at 8:34 AM on September 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
Had no idea she was Minnie Riperton's kid.
posted by dobbs at 8:37 AM on September 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by dobbs at 8:37 AM on September 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
"The school Rudolph attended was so white that one of her grade-school friends was Gwyneth Paltrow."
A very celebrity-preppy school by the sound of it.
posted by pracowity at 8:40 AM on September 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
A very celebrity-preppy school by the sound of it.
posted by pracowity at 8:40 AM on September 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
“It’s kind of like everybody has a song,” Poehler told me, “and I think Maya’s song is like a really good popular song that will stand the test of time.”
I mean, yes. Her song is Loving You. From the Wikipedia entry:
According to the liner notes from Riperton's compilation album Petals, the melody for "Lovin' You" was created to be a distraction for her baby daughter (Maya Rudolph) so that Minnie and her husband Richard could hang out. Maya was in the studio with Riperton on the day it was recorded and Riperton can be heard singing her daughter's name at the end, but only in the unedited or album version. The song fades out early in the radio edit because the disc jockeys felt that the repeated "Maya" was being overdone and that it would be misunderstood as a religious chant.
posted by maxsparber at 8:47 AM on September 20, 2018 [14 favorites]
I mean, yes. Her song is Loving You. From the Wikipedia entry:
According to the liner notes from Riperton's compilation album Petals, the melody for "Lovin' You" was created to be a distraction for her baby daughter (Maya Rudolph) so that Minnie and her husband Richard could hang out. Maya was in the studio with Riperton on the day it was recorded and Riperton can be heard singing her daughter's name at the end, but only in the unedited or album version. The song fades out early in the radio edit because the disc jockeys felt that the repeated "Maya" was being overdone and that it would be misunderstood as a religious chant.
posted by maxsparber at 8:47 AM on September 20, 2018 [14 favorites]
I can think of no better Judge of All Space and Time. (She kills as Judge Jen The Good Place)
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 9:27 AM on September 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 9:27 AM on September 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
When you break up with Leonard Nimoy
You get a bus ticket to Sacramento
And a case of crabs for your memento
Why do a have a thing... for spaaaaceships?
posted by elsietheeel at 9:28 AM on September 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
You get a bus ticket to Sacramento
And a case of crabs for your memento
Why do a have a thing... for spaaaaceships?
posted by elsietheeel at 9:28 AM on September 20, 2018 [2 favorites]
Just wrapped up S1 of 'Forever' on Amazon Prime. Wow. Rudolph is just amazing--a brilliant performance from season start to finish. This might be the first series that I'll rewatch just to catch the nuances I missed the first time through.
posted by prinado at 9:30 AM on September 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by prinado at 9:30 AM on September 20, 2018 [4 favorites]
Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Laughs' Prank Show (SNL)
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:33 AM on September 20, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:33 AM on September 20, 2018 [3 favorites]
Minnie Riperton is her mother???
posted by Liquidwolf at 10:06 AM on September 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Liquidwolf at 10:06 AM on September 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
If the opportunity ever presents itself, do yourself a favor and catch a performance with her Prince cover band, Princess!!
posted by wats at 11:38 AM on September 20, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by wats at 11:38 AM on September 20, 2018 [3 favorites]
Her performance on the live performance of A Christmas Story last winter was truly memorable.
posted by Wild_Eep at 1:57 PM on September 20, 2018
posted by Wild_Eep at 1:57 PM on September 20, 2018
Just wrapped up S1 of 'Forever' on Amazon Prime. Wow. Rudolph is just amazing--a brilliant performance from season start to finish. This might be the first series that I'll rewatch just to catch the nuances I missed the first time through.
Seconding this so hard. I watched the entire first season in one night earlier this week because Maya Rudolph is just so damn captivating.
posted by palomar at 3:07 PM on September 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
Seconding this so hard. I watched the entire first season in one night earlier this week because Maya Rudolph is just so damn captivating.
posted by palomar at 3:07 PM on September 20, 2018 [1 favorite]
I loved this article, and Maya is indeed a treasure.
posted by a halcyon day at 4:21 PM on September 20, 2018
posted by a halcyon day at 4:21 PM on September 20, 2018
Forever is so good. Maya Rudolph is fantastic in it. Hope it gets some hype or word of mouth — and doesn’t get lost in the sea of 1,000 other streaming shows.
posted by Ike_Arumba at 6:45 PM on September 20, 2018
posted by Ike_Arumba at 6:45 PM on September 20, 2018
Just wrapped up S1 of 'Forever' on Amazon Prime. Wow. Rudolph is just amazing--a brilliant performance from season start to finish. This might be the first series that I'll rewatch just to catch the nuances I missed the first time through.
I'm thirding this. It's soooo good. I generally don't care about spoilers, but I'm glad that the trailer was really vague. Avoid any reviews if you can, and just go for the ride. It's just four hours. You can do it!
posted by jonathanhughes at 8:24 PM on September 20, 2018
I'm thirding this. It's soooo good. I generally don't care about spoilers, but I'm glad that the trailer was really vague. Avoid any reviews if you can, and just go for the ride. It's just four hours. You can do it!
posted by jonathanhughes at 8:24 PM on September 20, 2018
I definitely was one of those having their mind blown when finding out she is Minnie Rpperton's daughter. When you grow up in the 70s you are very familiar with "Lovin' You" since you probably heard it about a 1000 times on the radio. But Maya Rudolph is the bomb, I absolutely loved her on SNL and in Idiocracy.
posted by e1c at 9:48 AM on September 21, 2018
posted by e1c at 9:48 AM on September 21, 2018
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