Re: Saturday Night Live
Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 2:15 pm
Cecily Strong is an utterly neutral presence to me.
rank the cast membersLoathedVermin72 wrote:Cecily Strong is an utterly neutral presence to me.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
I wouldLoathedVermin72 wrote:Cecily Strong is an utterly neutral presence to me.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
I dunno, maybe. It may just be that he's a better performer than a writer. But what a performer!tragabigzanda wrote:Mixed feelings on this, because every performer on SNL is basically expected to write for themselves. There are performers, and writers, and writers/performers. I agree he's not been utilized well at all, but at a certain point can't he start writing better stuff for himself?LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think Jay Pharaoh is crazy talented but the terrible writers have no idea what to do with him. It's a shame.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
I think the point is that you're supposed to imagine cuddling with her all day. That's how I read it at least.tragabigzanda wrote:I am a big fan of hers, but was totally bored by her Sunday routine. One of the worst ones ever.The Argonaut wrote:Did you see this, lenny? She would be at the top of my SNL list.
The (Very Lazy) Sunday Routine of Vanessa Bayer of ‘Saturday Night Live’
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.