Salon.com > Retta http://www.salon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 18:32:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Must-see morning clip http://www.salon.com/2013/01/22/must_see_morning_clip_92/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/22/must_see_morning_clip_92/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:20:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13178318 From the hilarious, sick, twisted mind of "Parks and Recreation" writer Megan Amram comes a women's health commercial parody: "Birth Control on the Bottom," mixing everything that ad agencies think about urban women (except maybe that we are all laughing alone with salad):

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/01/22/must_see_morning_clip_92/feed/ 2 Retta’s incredible Twitter feed http://www.salon.com/2012/09/03/rettas_incredible_twitter_feed/ http://www.salon.com/2012/09/03/rettas_incredible_twitter_feed/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12998246 On "Parks and Recreation," Retta plays Donna Meagle, the brook-no-BS, boy-crazy, commanding office worker who, occasionally, likes to treat herself. In real life, Retta — a Duke graduate and stand-up comic — has become one of the most prolific and satisfying of celebrity tweeters, hilariously tweet-capping a dozen shows, including "Breaking Bad," "True Blood," "Homeland," "Downton Abbey" and whatever else she happens to be watching. Retta gamely agreed to speak with me all about her tweeting routine, before fielding questions about "Parks," how she got the gig, all the things Donna doesn't say, and the craziness of having a catchphrase.

So you’re best known for being on “Parks and Recreation,” which I’m going to ask you about, but I want to start by talking about your Twitter account, because I love it. You're a really wonderful tweet-capper. Tell me how you got started doing that.

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