“As ’30 Rock’ gets off to a rip-roaring start this
season, the question looms larger than ever: Is Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon the most
bizarrely nonimitated sitcom character of our time? It’s a mystery that gets
stranger as Fey keeps blowing up as a cultural icon. Given how she’s turned
into such a fiercely revered, identified-with, hero-worshipped presence, you’d
think someone would at least try to duplicate the formula. At this point, she’s
practically Oprah with librarian glasses.”—Rob Sheffield, “Television: She’s
Gonna Make It After All,” Rolling Stone,
March 1, 2012
