Here's a bike messenger, right down to his freshly skinned forearm, asserting his rights on the streets of Portland in the new comedy series “Portlandia.”
The six-episode series premieres at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT Friday on cable network IFC.
The show is the creation of Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Live and singer-musician Carrie Brownstein, who set about to poke a little fun at the city and its inhabitants. They both say they love Portland, but can find it to be a little quirky.
The show features satirical portraits of people you'd find in the city, such as this bicyclist.
Yes, he's pretty ridiculous, and I cringed to hear him utter some comments that I've made to drivers in the past.
Brownstein explained the show to a New York City TV station:
“I think Portland embodies a certain idealism and a kind of internal contradiction that a lot of sort of progressive-minded people are dealing with, which is that they want to do good but they're so flummoxed by how to do good and that creates just a straight conflict.”
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