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IFC’s ‘Portlandia’ hits and misses

By Sarah Rodman

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 06, 2012

When it comes to branding, IFC has found the perfect embodiment of its slogan “always on, slightly off’’ in the quirky comedy series “Portlandia,’’ which kicks off its second season tonight at 10:30. The brain child of “Saturday Night Live’’ regular Fred Armisen and former Sleater-Kinney, current Wild Flag rocker Carrie Brownstein, the show is a sometimes hilarious, sometimes flat but gently skewering love letter to oddballs in general and the denizens of the cloudy Pacific Northwest city specifically.

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