THAT'S A NEW LOOK AT THE
MOVIE STARRING TINA FEY.
A JOURNALIST THAT DECIDES TO
TAKE AN ASSIGNMENT IN WAR-TORN
IRAQ.
THE MOVIE BASED ON A BOOK
WRITTEN FROM REAL LIFE
EXPERIENCE AND JOINING US NOW
IS KIM BAKER THE AUTHOR OF THE
TALIBAN SHUFFLE STRANGE DAYS IN
AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN,
KIM.
THANKS, IT IS ACTUALLY KIM
BARKER.
I KNOW.
TINA FEY'S CHARACTER IS KIM
BAKER.
THEY FICTUALIZED IT A BIT.
I WAS IN CHICAGO AND YOU
KNOW THAT I WAS JUST LIVING A
LIFE THERE WITH A BOYFRIEND AND
WENT RIDING ALONG LAKE
MICHIGAN, WORKING FOR THE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
AND THEN 9/11 HAPPENED.
AND I HEARD A RUMOR THAT THEY
WANTED TO TRY OUT MORE FEMALE
REPORTERS OVERSEAS, SO I
VOLUNTEERED FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.
BASICALLY BY WALKING IN TO THE
FOREIGN EDITOR'S OFFICE AND SAY
THAT MY NAME IS KIM BARKER, I'M
A METRO REPORTER, I'M SINGLE,
CHILDLESS, THEREFORE EXPENDABLE
AND HE STARTED LAUGHING AND HE
SAID GET READY TO GO TO
PAKISTAN.
THAT WAS THAT.
YOU WERE COVERING SOME OF
THE MOST SERIOUS ISSUES THAT A
JOURNALIST COULD COVER IN THE
LAST TEN YEARS HERE, LIFE OR
DEATH SITUATIONS.
BUT WATCHING THE TRAILER, ARE
WE LAUGHING?
IS IT OKAY TO HAVE THE DARK
HUMOR AT TIMES?
I THINK SO.
THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE IS A FUNNY
BOOK.
IT'S A DARK COMIC BOOK AND
THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE
SERIOUS AT POINTS AND THE MOVIE
IS SERIOUS AT POINTS AS WELL,
BUT I THINK THAT FOR PEOPLE
LIKE THE EMERGENCY ROOM
DOCTORS, POLICE OFFICERS,
JOURNALISTS IN THESE
SITUATIONS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN AND
DARK HUMOR IS SOMETIMES THE
ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET THROUGH
REAL HORRIBLE SITUATIONS.
ONCE THE BOOK WAS DONE, SOME
FRIENDS IN PAKISTAN AND
AFGHANISTAN, THEY READ IT AND
THEY WERE JUST LIKE THANK YOU,
MY SISTER YOU HAVE MY SAME
SENSE OF HUMOR.
THAT'S THE REALITY, RIGHT?
WHEN YOU THINK OF IT THERE'S
NO WAY THAT YOU COULD LIVE IN
IT ANYWHERE WITHOUT EVER
LAUGHING OR EXPERIENCING SOME
OF THE STUFF.
WEIRD STUFF HAPPENS, RIGHT?
YEAH, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE
ABSURD THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
I REALLY DO GO SHOOTING GUNS
WITH THE FUTURE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF AFGHANISTAN.
THAT REALLY HAPPENED.
AND THAT IS THE PART OF THE
TRAILER THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT
CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE, RIGHT?
AND IT IS LIKE NO THAT
HAPPENED.
THAT'S REAL.
TINA FEY PLAYS YOU.
WHAT'S THAT LIKE?
I MEAN I LOVE TINA FEY WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, TINA FEY IS GREAT.
AS SOON AS THE NEW YORK TIMES
WROTE A REVIEW FOR THE BOOK
SAYING THAT I HAD CREATE ADD
TINA-FEY LIKE CHARACTER THAT I
FIGURED LIKE OH THIS IS GREAT.
MAYBE THIS COULD ACTUALLY
HAPPEN.
AND IF I WERE TO PICK WHO
SHOULD PLAY ME, SHE'D BE THE
TOP FIVE.
SHE'S SO FUNNY AND SO SMART AND
TO HAVE IT HAPPEN THAT IT IS
SURREAL THAT IT IS SURREAL.
IT'S EXCITING.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE
MOVIE AND HOW PEOPLE WILL LIKE
IT.
WOULD YOU DO IT AGAIN TO
VOLUNTEER AND GO AGAIN?
FOR SURE IN A MINUTE.
YEAH.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT
YOURSELF AS A JOURNALIST OR A
HUMAN BY DOING THIS?
I MEAN THAT I REALLY LEARNED
HOW TO BE ALONE AND THAT I
LEARNED THAT IF ANYTHING COMES
UP THAT I CAN HANDLE IT.
THAT THESE ARE USEFUL LIFE
SKILLS, RIGHT?
AND I LEARNED THAT IT WAS
PROBABLY AT A CERTAIN POINT A
GOOD TIME FOR ME TO COME BACK,
WHICH IS WHAT I DID.
I NOW LIVE IN NEW YORK AND WORK
FOR THE TIMES.
IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE
MOVIE, IN THEATERS RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND KIM'S BOOK
THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE.
STRANGE DAYS IN AFGHANISTAN IN
PAKISTAN ONLINE OR IN
BOOKSTORES.
KIM BARKER.
IT'LL BE RERELEASED NEXT
WEEK CALLED "WHISKEY TANGO
FOXTROT" WITH TINA FEY'S
PICTURE THERE.
NO EXPLANATION ON WHY SHE'S