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I'm firmly in the "Tina Fey can do no wrong" camp, and while her acceptance speech was one of the only bright spots in an otherwise snoozy and self-congratulatory Golden Globes, it always strikes me how uncomfortable she is when embracing accolades. When she accepted her Emmy last year, Fey said, "I thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities." Then last night upon receiving her second Golden Globe for best actress, she said, "If you ever start to feel too good about yourself they have this thing called the Internet and you can find a lot of people there who don’t like you.”
I'm well aware that self-deprecation is pivotal to Tina Fey's humor, and that's what makes her so relatable to so many women. Though I may be making too much of this, I wonder if a man in her position would always publicly downplay his own talent. Last night, Tina allowed Tracy Morgan to make a speech when 30 Rock won for best comedy for the second year in a row. Again, that was one of the funniest and best parts of an otherwise mind-numbing three hours, but if "Lorney Mikes" had been the executive producer, writer, and director of the show, would he have let Tracy make that speech? Is it more just Tina Fey's personality to shy away from the overwhelming press attention she's been receiving in the past few months? Is she savvy enough to know that America may be experiencing Tina Feytigue and so she's backing off so we don't get sick of her? Or does it have to do with her gender?