Haddish loves goals like Pelé loves goals.

March 26, 2018 9:24 AM

"Some people are better at being themselves than others are. They're the ones at home instantly in any untried environment, the way a cloud looks just right no matter where it is in the sky. They seem to keep slightly better rhythm with the beat of the universe than other people—noticing things faster, making connections more quickly. They're people like Tiffany Haddish, who has been on this whale-watching expedition for ten minutes and is already its undisputed captain—a turn of events no doubt surprising to the disputed captain, i.e., the man commanding the vessel and ostensibly hired to lead the tour. Gleeful in mutiny, Haddish's fellow passengers beseech her to hijack microphone duties from Captain Nick. Only one or two of them recognize her as a professional comedian and newly minted movie star; to the majority of middle-aged white people on this boat, she is simply a confident woman with three free hours to search for whales off the coast of Los Angeles. A woman whose commentary they enjoy." There's Something Funny About Tiffany Haddish
posted by everybody had matching towels (12 comments total)

She was amazing on Drunk History. I feel like this quote from the article: "because the only thing conservatively dressed white men can do around Haddish is smile and clap somewhat nervously. Colbert does that..." pretty much sums up her performance there too. She's a blessing.
posted by librarianamy at 10:18 AM on March 26, 2018 [3 favorites]

Tiffany's story is amazing...she's made the rounds on talk shows (Ellen, Trevor Noah, Colbert, etc.) and her ability to tell her story in a funny way is amazing. Her book is also great (The Last Black Unicorn); I read it and was amazed at some of the hardships she's been through. Good for her that she's having her moment in the sun, and I hope it lasts for a while.
posted by KillaSeal at 10:43 AM on March 26, 2018 [1 favorite]

Be nice if she stopped encouraging folks to drink turpentine.
posted by SPrintF at 11:02 AM on March 26, 2018 [7 favorites]

Yeah, top 3 takes I've seen so far:

1. Tiffany is awesome and so's Caity.
2. Please don't drink turpentine for real, anyone.
3. WHO BIT BEYONCE WE MUST KNOW

And yes I concur with all three but especially that last one.
posted by rewil at 12:13 PM on March 26, 2018 [4 favorites]

I really hope the Beyhive is right now poring over Getty Images, TMZ, Instagram, etc... to pin down exactly at which party Haddish met Beyoncé and listing out who else was there. We need to know -- the world needs to know -- who bit Beyoncé.
posted by mhum at 12:59 PM on March 26, 2018

Oh my lord, the Ken doll poses.
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:32 PM on March 26, 2018

I urge everyone to watch that "Tiff Tips" video – she would slay in the Human Relations category on Ask Metafilter.
posted by roger ackroyd at 2:31 PM on March 26, 2018 [1 favorite]

Her book is fucking awesome, everyone should buy it.
posted by schadenfrau at 2:44 PM on March 26, 2018 [1 favorite]

I know the turpentine's been brought up twice in only eight comments, but I really can't let go of what surrounds that bit of the interview: that if the government says it's bad for you, it's obviously a lie to... what? Keep us from finding out the health benefits of turpentine? When she says that slaves drank turpentine, and the interviewer says, uh, but they were in pretty bad health, and her answer is that not all of the slaves had access to turpentine, that just pings, like, antivaxxer-levels of bad-wrong brainwashed conspiracy getting its hooks into her. Like, please do not become the Jenny McCarthy of THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT BLACK PEOPLE KNEW DURING SLAVERY!

It really sours the entire interview for me, because it's so frighteningly wrong and so headed down the "they're lying to us because they don't care if we get sick" mentality that the antivaxxers have.
posted by tzikeh at 3:45 PM on March 26, 2018 [4 favorites]

Vulture is following the "who bit Bey" beat.
posted by rewil at 4:12 PM on March 26, 2018

Also... KitKat.
posted by BlueBlueElectricBlue at 6:27 PM on March 26, 2018

The Tiffany Haddish Groupon story.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 10:17 PM on March 26, 2018