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Mar 17, 2016 · With a wink, Kim Barker, author of the memoir “The Taliban Shuffle” — inspiration for the new Tina Fey film “ Whiskey Tango Foxtrot ” — says of the film: “I had nothing to do with it ...
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The Story Behind Tina Fey's New Movie Is Insane. by Johnny Brayson. March 2, 2016. The new film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot puts Tina Fey in a place she's never been before: Afghanistan. In the movie ...
- The Main Character's Name Is Different
- Her Job Has Been Changed
- Fey Isn't A Doppelgänger For Barker
- Barker Volunteered
Tina Fey's character is Kim Baker, not Kim Barker. This could be interpreted as a subtle tip from filmmakers that the story, while based in truth, is not a documentary.
In real life, Barker is a print journalist. But for the sake of having more interesting visuals, filmmakers changed the protagonist's jobto TV reporter.
Although Fey has experience playing intelligent, career-oriented women, she doesn't bear a huge physical resemblance to the real-life version of her character. Barker herself revealed to CBS Newsthat a notable physical difference is that she herself is 5'10", but Fey is only 5'5".
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot has a scene in which all the single, childless reporters of a newsroom — including Fey's character— are gathered and informed that they are the first picks to be sent to Afghanistan as war correspondents. In reality, Barker told NPR, she personally walked into her editor's office and explained that she was "expendable" and wan...
In the new movie Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Tina Fey plays a journalist inspired by reporter Kim Barker, whose memoir The Taliban Shuffle is the source for the movie’s story of a woman making her ...
Dec 18, 2015 · And, true to the NYT's description, the first trailer for "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" manages to make Fey look like she's having a grand ol' time in the Middle East. Sent to a war zone after being told she's one of the only "unmarried, childless personnel in this bureau" (a few women start to sob after hearing this) Fey makes her way overseas.
Mar 1, 2016 · Movies based on true stories are prone to overdramatization: a new romantic angle, a few extra daring feats. The war zone comedy “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” opening Friday, does add those …
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Feb 25, 2016 · Q 24:32 Meet Kim Barker, the woman who inspired Whiskey, Tango Foxtrot. Listen to the interview above or watch it below. Yes, there are frat-style parties in war zones. And reporters really do ...
