Portlandia’s “Cacao” Skit Is Supper Queer

Feminist Bookstore. Portlandia.

I know this is several months old BUT it is still worth talking about.

If you haven’t watched Portlandia yet you MUST check it out. This show is an IFC 6-series short-based comedy starring Fred Armisen, who is most notably known for his Obama impersonation on Saturday Night Live, and Carrie Brownstein who is the vocalist/guitarist for WILD FLAG and Sleater-Kinney. The show takes place in Portland, Oregon a place where “the dream of the 90′s” is still alive and where being weird is celebrated.

Throughout the show Fred and Carrie dress up as various characters which as soon you watch you’ll quickly realize that they are people you see everyday walking down the street in Los Feliz or Silverlake…but weirder.  The bicyclist, the techie on his Mac at Intelligentsia Cafe, or one of my favorite…the women at the feminist bookstore. These are just hilarious characters that will have you laughing at any time of the day.

Anywho, back to my point. They writers of this show (Fred, Carrie and Jon Krisel) took it to another level…the queer one…. when they created a short starring Fred as “Nina”  and Carrie as “Lance.” I was delightedly surprised when they aired it because I have never seen a cross-dressing couple on T.V. Fred and Carrie did a fantastic job executing these well-developed characters that it had me captivated. And add that to the whole “cacao” story-line and it’s the cherrie on the pie…or cake..whatever.

So say “cacao to cacao” and enjoy this funny ass show. BTW, they have gotten the “go” and are shooting the next series this summer and are looking for extras, if you’re interested click here!