Saturday Night Live (1975)
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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What critics compared Saturday Night Live to
…the very worst Katharine Hepburn impersonation that Saturday Night Live’s Kate McKinnon never had the bad sense to attempt…
…her motormouthed line readings and rapidly oscillating accents (variously British, Brooklynese, and unintelligible) occasionally suggest Kate McKinnon on Saturday Night Live…
…it is low hanging fruit and is like a “Saturday Night Live” skit that goes on for far too long…
Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live)…
Madame Jen (SNL’s Vanessa Bayer)…
The foundation has all the flavors of an SNL Digital Short or a Robot Chicken segment.
The actor’s performance during a self-emasculation scene feels reminiscent of his Saturday Night Live outing as Brett Kavanaugh, as Jean’s enraged bluster is twisted and absurd.
Damon once played a spluttering, ridiculous Brett Kavanaugh in a Saturday Night Live cold-open sketch, mocking the testimonial histrionics of the soon-to-be Supreme Court justice as he answered credible assault accusations made by Christine Blasey Ford during his confirmation hearings.
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…with everything the character says and does having the same attitude as when the actor hosts Saturday Night Live.
…as Gosling himself said when hosting Saturday Night Live…
…don’t expect nuance here—these characters wouldn’t look out of place in a Saturday Night Live sketch.
…reads like traits and features akin to a “This place has everything…” list from Bill Hader’s old city coorespendent Stefon character on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update.”
…both actors are giving turns best suited for a “Saturday Night Live” sketch.
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Now: If any of the previous three sentences appeared in a description of the “SNL” sketch, could you have told the difference?
…it feels like a melodramatic SNL sketch…