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...prefer not to know, because I think sarcasm at least shows that, whatever one thinks about his recent behavior, West has style. The SNL skit reminds us that it’s not what you tell your dog—it’s how you tell it. One can admire a funny, stylish comment even if in the process it is necessary to find quarrel with it. For me, the conservative Crimson column by Ross G. Douthat ’02 is a prime example of this phenomenon—I disagree with his arguments even if his style...
...season ahead: the arrival of Amy Poehler from Comedy Central’s weird and wonderful “Upright Citizens’ Brigade” to augment newly-promoted cast members Rachel Dratch, Fey and Maya Rudolph means that this cast has the strongest corps of SNL women in memory. Sure, there’s always a chance that the terrible Barrymore episode was only the beginning. But as time progresses, the show will become more comfortable addressing current events, and I’m optimistic that SNL will be feeling the sexy all season long...
...SNL is best when it dives headfirst into what’s happening, and thus far the show has mostly shied away from current events. Presidential elections, the Gulf War, the O.J. Simpson trial and Lewinsky have provided many of the show’s greatest recent moments. This year, some of the strongest bits have focused on the terror war, but these have been few and far between. Will Ferrell’s President George W. Bush made his return in the second episode’s cold opening, promising Osama bin Ladin...
...least Quinn tried. The second sketch of the new season parodied The Little Mermaid, and there haven’t been a lot of sketches more contemporary than that. It seems like SNL is changing as to not be over-contemporary, mocking such out-of-date targets as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. There haven’t been any other serious bits about the attacks or their effects—Antonio Banderas’ plight just didn’t cut it. Most sorely missed are the political sketches that, along with the revitalized “Update...
APRIL 28--At the White House Correspondents' Dinner, SNL's Darrell Hammond presents Bush with a baseball glove, saying he always wanted to play catch with a President. After the dinner, he claims Bush's spokesman told him to call the following week...