#TheWrapMagazine: Describing SNL’s comedic point of view, guest columnist Joel Stein says, “Each sketch feels like a child on the spectrum looking for approval from a stern, slow-talking Canadian with his hands folded in front of his chest”
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I am here to speak truth to comedy power.
I’m not saying there’s a dark conspiracy to keep us from seeing the obvious, but I’m not not saying that either. Also, I might be wrong. But I’m leaning toward the conspiracy thing.
Here is what people who are smarter and know more than me always say.
#JasonReitman, the director and co-writer and director of the new biopic
#SaturdayNight, told me this:
“‘SNL’ does not have a specific style. It is a fluid vehicle built to carry the writers, comedians and musicians of the moment.
The meeting of
#LorneMichaels and the original writers and cast was not unlike the Continental Congress. The goal was to create a show that could evolve and reflect the times.
This is why the opening theme has never been rec...