n Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote:
> There's the rub. I don't think anyone would call Galifinakis or Brand > especially edgy. They're the Miracle Whip of edgy comedy; giving the > impression that they're transgressive while leaving an odd taste in > the mouth. Carvey and Carrey are so long past their sell-by dates that > they might as well have booked Shecky Greene -- who probably could > have been actually funny. > > I'll agree with Donz that the Palin/Fey thing had some cultural juice, > but I think that was due more to the freak value of their similar > looks. Absent that, I can't see that there would have been more > "relevance" than, say, Armisen as Obama or whoever played McCain (how > soon they forget ...). > > Basically, until Lorne is pried from his chair, the show is dead in > the water, and even then, probably has too much momentum to veer > significantly from its current course. > > But somehow I keep watching > > I keep watching too, and maybe for the same reasons Kevin implied originally as to why I keep watching Meet the Press, its a habit, and it ties in with a tradition. But I come back to my main point, which is that SNL has almost never really been much more than Miracle Whip edgy ( I like that). This is not to deny its cultural influence - indeed, that is my point; SNL is not countercultural, its ambition is to be imbedded in, and sometimes lead, pop culture. By that standard SNL is still very successful, even if it is not as cool or hip to today's high school and college students as it was originally. Tina Fey's impression of Palin was as influential as any one factor in the 2008 election (outside of the legacy of the Bush years) - but the influence was not, and did not aspire to be, countercultural, it was dead on pop culture. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
