I have known Martha peripherally for decades but I have yet to watch this documentary, so I feel like I'm learning about it and her through Feminista and you astute and hilarious commenters. Keep it coming! Thank you!!
i was lying in bed when this article was posted, and i gasped audibly and shot out of bed to my computer (for a more ergonomic commenting experience). i am in love with Martha Stewart. Martha was waaay better than that other documentary that came out recently. i need to watch it again, though, i was smoking weed like crazy so there are memory gaps.
i really think she likes to fuck with people on purpose, though... and i respect it. i found a youtube video where she details what she eats in a day, and she has a juice every morning with half an orange, peel still on. WELL. i bullied my roommate into going on a juice cleanse that weekend, and included was a litre of Martha Juice. IT WAS DISGUSTING. we were belching and having diarrhea all day. why, Martha??? but i love it.
i also love how uncomfortable she makes her male guests sometimes. what a boss. these are some of my favourites:
the best Martha moment, though, i unfortunately haven't been able to find again. in it, she's cooking a chicken with a guest, and the cavity is facing her. she priggishly snaps "can you please... turn that thing around!?"
Those 2 together are so funny. Also, the Martha Stewart Living Halloween issue was the best - I loved the DIY stuff and still treasure the wooly lamb costume I made for my son when he was a baby - cotton batting sewn onto a onesie, so cheap and so brilliant.
She was apparently upset that the director didn't take her 'advice' (direction) to show more of what she wanted. Good for him for not listening, and good for her for getting more free publicity for the documentary.
She was also upset that he used a classical score instead of rap and didn't mention Alan Dershowitz flirting with her when they were young (a source said he was "dribbling on the table")
Gross! I have had too many up close and personal interactions with that guy over the years also and I want to tell you about them here, but Charlie says that would be legally unwise, and I'm sure he's right. Bummer!
I haven't seen it yet, but I have been a fan of hers since high school and I have never been able to find out if she really said "I just want to focus on my coleslaw," but in my heart I believe it. She's always been so ballsy.
I was never a Martha fan, but when her new show started after she got out of prison, I decided to watch, and I don't care if she hated it, I LOVED IT. I remember when she did an episode around Super Bowl time that included a segment on party snacks you could make only with things found in a prison commissary. Like, THE NO FUCKS TO GIVE OF IT ALL.
Later I got to interview her as a BlogHer keynote in 2012. She was an icy QUEEN. A talented BlogHer member who is an illustrator even made a comic strip of a segment from our conversation. It hangs right by my desk.
As we were walking off stage she turned to me and with a single nod of her head said, "good interview." BEST COMPLIMENT EVER RECEIVED. 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹
I have known Martha peripherally for decades but I have yet to watch this documentary, so I feel like I'm learning about it and her through Feminista and you astute and hilarious commenters. Keep it coming! Thank you!!
i was lying in bed when this article was posted, and i gasped audibly and shot out of bed to my computer (for a more ergonomic commenting experience). i am in love with Martha Stewart. Martha was waaay better than that other documentary that came out recently. i need to watch it again, though, i was smoking weed like crazy so there are memory gaps.
i really think she likes to fuck with people on purpose, though... and i respect it. i found a youtube video where she details what she eats in a day, and she has a juice every morning with half an orange, peel still on. WELL. i bullied my roommate into going on a juice cleanse that weekend, and included was a litre of Martha Juice. IT WAS DISGUSTING. we were belching and having diarrhea all day. why, Martha??? but i love it.
i also love how uncomfortable she makes her male guests sometimes. what a boss. these are some of my favourites:
https://youtu.be/sWfNsvreBTI?si=cDYUJY8cXBCe4RQY (sausage making!!)
https://youtu.be/YgFN6gU-6HY?si=G1Gwt6GnZ_fsEreh&t=988 (THE BEST. her terrified BBQ bitch boy is incredible. i think that also might be her garden boy??)
the best Martha moment, though, i unfortunately haven't been able to find again. in it, she's cooking a chicken with a guest, and the cavity is facing her. she priggishly snaps "can you please... turn that thing around!?"
she's a good thing.
The way I just cackled at what you wrote--I am so here for this!!!!
Me too, love the article, love the commentary and love the cackling, and love Martha. Can’t wait to finish it hopefully tonight.
These stories rule - and that video! Well researched comment of the year and so worth jumping out of bed for!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Thoroughly, thank you!!
oh, and don't even get me started on her and Snoop. OTP, etc.
Those 2 together are so funny. Also, the Martha Stewart Living Halloween issue was the best - I loved the DIY stuff and still treasure the wooly lamb costume I made for my son when he was a baby - cotton batting sewn onto a onesie, so cheap and so brilliant.
that sounds adorable!!!
Sooooo adorable! And impressive! Pictures one day would be AWESOME
Apparently she was extremely upset by this doc that just made everyone even more obsessed with her!
I heard the same thing! And what about that New York Post reporter who she said was dead but isn't or something? Andrea Peyser.
She was apparently upset that the director didn't take her 'advice' (direction) to show more of what she wanted. Good for him for not listening, and good for her for getting more free publicity for the documentary.
She was also upset that he used a classical score instead of rap and didn't mention Alan Dershowitz flirting with her when they were young (a source said he was "dribbling on the table")
Gross! I have had too many up close and personal interactions with that guy over the years also and I want to tell you about them here, but Charlie says that would be legally unwise, and I'm sure he's right. Bummer!
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Oh my goodness. This is the tea I need!!
Bingo! It's a win win!
Wow really??
I haven't seen it yet, but I have been a fan of hers since high school and I have never been able to find out if she really said "I just want to focus on my coleslaw," but in my heart I believe it. She's always been so ballsy.
Agreed!
I was never a Martha fan, but when her new show started after she got out of prison, I decided to watch, and I don't care if she hated it, I LOVED IT. I remember when she did an episode around Super Bowl time that included a segment on party snacks you could make only with things found in a prison commissary. Like, THE NO FUCKS TO GIVE OF IT ALL.
Later I got to interview her as a BlogHer keynote in 2012. She was an icy QUEEN. A talented BlogHer member who is an illustrator even made a comic strip of a segment from our conversation. It hangs right by my desk.
As we were walking off stage she turned to me and with a single nod of her head said, "good interview." BEST COMPLIMENT EVER RECEIVED. 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹