# @thewrap on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-11-29T18:07:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Wrap (@thewrap) — https://gondola.cc/thewrap

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#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 recorded and continues to change from year to year. This is why Lonely Island and Please Don’t Destroy feel as much a part of the ‘SNL’ DNA as ‘Show Us Your Guns’ from Episode 1. 

‘SNL’ can be tender, absurdist, profane, cringe, dangerous, political or even non-comedic (think the Will Ferrell/Molly Shannon “Blind Date” sketch). The moment you attempt to identify the style of “SNL,” you are simply reflecting what you like about SNL. The show itself is a mirror of the nation at large down to the individual viewer.“

I mean, has anything ever sounded as much like a conspiracy theory as “a mirror of the nation at large down to the individual viewer”?

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lornemichaels, thewrapmagazine, jasonreitman, saturdaynight

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