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“I’m kind of living in preteen town right now, so you have to do a lot of reverse psychology,” Poehler, 50, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, referring to her two sons Archie, 13, and Abel, 11, with exWill Arnett. “You can’t come in front of anything and say something is funny or good. That’s not going to happen. You’re going to be immediately rejected. So you have to reverse psychology words. You have to put things on and be like, ‘Huh, what’s this stupid thing?’ ‘Okay, I guessAirplaneis funny, whatever.’ I have to have a real light touch because they will not love what we love. My guys have such a different taste.”
Poehler, whose firstdocumentary Lucy and Desiis now streaming on Prime Video, admits that her kids have watched their mom’s work, but only sometimes appreciate it.
“They do watch it. They tolerate it, but they’re not chomping at the bit to watch any of my stuff, to be quite honest,” she says. “I mean, the other day we were talking aboutSNL, and I was like, ‘Who do you think are the bestSNL[cast members]?’ And my kids were like, ‘Well, probably [Colin] Jost and [Michael] Che.’ And I said, ‘Not your mother?!’ They said, ‘No.’ "
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“It is so good. Quinta is just a genius, a delight and so funny. I love her. Love that show,” says Poehler. “I just love when a network show pops like that because people like to talk about genres as if they’ve decided how genres are going to go. It’s hard to make a network show that’s that complicated and interesting, but also appealing. And I love it.”
And although Poehler has been putting in more time behind the camera as a director and producer (Russian Doll,Broad City), the actress, an admitted crime show enthusiast, can’t believe she never did an episode of any of theLaw & Ordershows.
Poehler’sLucy and Desiis now streaming on Prime Video.
For much more on Amy Poehler, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE on newsstands now.
source: people.com
