I’ve got a bit of source amnesia on this, but I remember I read about this in either an interview or maybe Fey’s book??
The source said that the crinkly book was just really, really loud on the microphones, and they changed it to the giraffe. I forget why they didn’t re-shoot the scene, but I’m imagining they left it in as a gag.
That reasoning does make sense for why they wouldn’t stick with the crinkly book. In the S7 bonus features, Fey had said that they had to change Tracy’s costume down to just one gold chain, as well as change the aquarium in his dressing room to a terrarium, because they were just too loud.
Yep, I remember reading the aquarium changing to a terrarium in the same article/book chapter too for that reason.
It’s a joke about how reality tv shows like the Queen of Jordan are all fake and poorly done. They pretend to be authentic in the tension they’re trying to portray, but too cheap and fast to go back and do it correctly.
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