Farm (2011) User Reviews (3)

Great start

[grantss · 8/10 · 14 January 2024]

In this episode: Fred returns to Carrie in LA to tell her how about Portland (and sings a song about it); a couple need to get the full run-down of where the chicken came from and how it was raised before eating it; a man is harassed in a store for using their bathroom without buying anything.

And so it begins. The first episode of Portlandia sets the tone for the series, skewering the pretentiousness and superficiality of society (and of one city in particular) and offense-seekers and generally those that try to force their agendas on others.

Hilariously funny at times, often in an understated way. There's the problem though: unless you're concentrating 100% and on the same wavelength as Carrie and Fred, the joke might just over your head.

Talking of Carrie and Fred, while Fred Armisen's comedy credentials are well-known from SNL, before this Carrie Brownstein was known as the vocalist and guitarist of Sleater-Kinney, an alternative rock band with social commentary in their lyrics, and had no significant acting credentials (comedic or dramatic) to speak of. She is quite the revelation here.

Brilliant!

[diana-1 · 10/10 · 8 February 2011]

Ostensibly about Portland, OR, this show is really a delightful skewering of all the pretensions of contemporary hipsters, eco-freaks, and other counter-cultural elements. I love the opening skit, a paean to Portland's weirdness, with an ever-growing parade of oddballs marching down the street singing "The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland." Even better is the skit about an ultra-feminist bookstore called Women and Women First, with a grim, touchy, defensive staff and a totally impractical approach to retailing. Then there's the couple who want to order chicken in a restaurant. They relentlessly interrogate their waitress about how it was raised, and the waitress gives them the chicken's complete, full-color dossier. A few people play all the roles, often cross-dressed. The humor's deadpan but wicked. Portlandia's a breath of fresh air.

stupidest show I have seen in a long time

[dwallxx · 1/10 · 23 January 2011]

I was looking for a new show to watch, so I decided to try this one.

Not worth the time to watch it. It has to be one of the stupidest shows I have seen in a long time. It jumped around to much, and made very little sense. Although the opening song was kind of catchy, not my type of show.

Plus I have been to Portland, I can't put my comment on here about what I thought of the city.

I won't watch any more of it, and will try and find some other show to watch. Hopefully it will be canceled before long, and replaced with a better comedy to watch.