# seen Janeanne Garafalo lately? :eek: **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227 "2003-08-14T20:33:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/1 "2003-08-14T20:33:59Z")
in her anti-war appearances lately, I’ve noticed that Janeanne Garafalo has dyed her hair blond & lost some weight. That’s fine. Then I saw her last night on Bill Maher’s HBO talk show :eek: Stringy blond hair, BIG shoulder tattoos, and gaunt sunken cheeks! WTF?!?! ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/2 "2003-08-14T22:09:36Z")
Got a link? ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/3 "2003-08-14T23:01:08Z")
Sorry, I thought you meant she was doing her stand-up act again. I love her as an actress, and think she’s more intelligent than mos celebrities that speak out on issues they care about but have never care for that "it’s funny that I’m not funny style of stand-up and sketch comedy. But yeah, any links to photos, some of us are too poor to pay for HBO for a few good shows, tired reruns of movies, and Bill Maher pouting on the air. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/4 "2003-08-15T00:49:12Z")
Is [this](http://www.homunculus.com/profane/reliquary/garofalojaneane/images/garofalo0282.jpg) the new look? I don’t think she looks _bad_ as a blonde, although I think her original color did suit her better. However, her outfit?! Eeek. And, whatever color your hair is, maybe you should comb it before going on TV? ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/5 "2003-08-15T00:51:34Z")
EEK! – Don’t click on that at work anyone – I have google’s popup killer on my computer, so I didn’t notice the site had porno popups. I’ll have a mod kill the link. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/6 "2003-08-15T01:00:57Z")
Now she looks like everyone else. Too bad. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/7 "2003-08-15T06:28:48Z")
wish I could find a pic but no luck ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/8 "2003-08-15T14:45:27Z")
Janeane Angelina Jolie Garafola? Yeah, I saw her. The blonde works (and I don’t like blondes much, but it helps her)…but the whole pouty lips tattoo and Angelina Jolie thing works much better on…well…Angelina Jolie. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/9 "2003-08-15T17:27:25Z")
She seems to have become the exact same type of person she used to slam mercilessly in her stand-up routine. I guess she really does loathe herself like she said. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/10 "2003-08-15T17:35:42Z")
I like her stand up. I’ve liked her in her roles in the movies. I like this look. It’s almost a militant lesbian fem-nazi look. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/11 "2003-08-15T22:13:06Z")
To see a picture of her blonde and with tattoos, click on [the thumbnail image on the top right.](http://www.homunculus.com/profane/scriptures/garofalogallery029.html) I think she looks OK. (And yeah, this is the same link that Jess cited before. I didn’t see any porn pop-ups, but maybe they there are there and Mozilla just isn’t getting them. Click at your own risk). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/12 "2003-08-15T22:22:58Z")
> [@](#): > > She seems to have become the exact same type of person she used to slam mercilessly in her stand-up routine. We’re making fun of her because she lost weight and dyed her hair? Christ-o-rama. I like her better with dark hair, but I don’t imagine this will affect her sense of humor. Also, at least some of the tattoos aren’t new. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/13 "2003-08-15T23:29:39Z")
No, we’re making fun of her because she completely changed her look in order to project an ‘image’, when she used to go around saying that people who did that sucked, and she hated the pretention of it, and she used to go out of her way to just be herself. Now she looks like some kind of artificial creation. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/14 "2003-08-16T00:03:17Z")
In her own words: > [@](#): > > “It’s criminal to be a fat woman in this society, and it offends me. I’m sorry, but I can’t relate to Friends. I think it’s an above-average sitcom, but it’s all about hair, clothes, and Aniston’s nipples. You look at a Sharon Stone or an Uma Thurman and you feel inadequate. You can’t help it. … I starved myself down 30 pounds, and I hated it. It lasted about a second and a half. It’s just not me. I didn’t want to be another actress who doesn’t eat.” (Swing, October 1996) ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/15 "2003-08-16T00:16:04Z")
Eh, it’s not horrible, but not my cup of tea either. Guess I prefer her with dark hair too. The tattoos don’t bother me, new or not. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/16 "2003-08-16T02:17:06Z")
> [@](#): > > No, we’re making fun of her because she completely changed her look in order to project an ‘image’ Oh she did, did she? And you base that assessment on what? She cut and dyed her hair? She lost a little weight, when she’s complained about her weight onstage a lot? Big whoop. By the way, a look at some of the older pictures indicates she’s had short hair at other times, so that’s not even a new thing. She hasn’t got breast implants and she doesn’t look like the women she’s complained about who spend hours upon hours starving themselves and working out. So we’re having this argument over a dye job and at most, one new tattoo. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bandanaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/17 "2003-08-16T02:23:57Z")
Get rid of the stupid looking specs, and I’m in love. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/18 "2003-08-16T02:33:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*We’re making fun of her because she lost weight and dyed her hair? Christ-o-rama. I like her better with dark hair, but I don’t imagine this will affect her sense of humor. Also, at least some of the tattoos aren’t new. \*\* I wasn’t really making fun of her. I think her standup is great and she was particularly good on the HBO special to which many people are referring. The only tiny problem I have is that her whole gig was centered around the idea of not taking yourself too seriously and how she loathed those who do. Ever since the war in Iraq she’s done nothing but take herself too seriously. My gut feeling is that this change is an attempt to divorce herself from the lovable light-hearted image she had in hopes of being taken more seriously in the role of militant liberal watchdog. Not a big deal mind you, but nothing in Cafe Society is. ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/19 "2003-08-16T06:08:51Z")
Lovable light-hearted image? Who exactly are we talking about here? She changed her hair color. Women (and some men) I know do that about every two weeks. Also, news flash: everybody has tattoos now. Their semiotic fashion value is about the same as wearing earrings. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227/20 "2003-08-17T09:37:17Z")
well, those are the pics but maybe it happened to be the particular scene I saw because she doesn’t look too bad there, but I could swear her cheeks were sunken & she looked gaunt when I saw it. So apologies to Miss J but DON’T LOSE ANY MORE! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-janeanne-garafalo-lately-eek/195227.md?page=2)