The last time she made any news, AFAIR, was when she was dating the current
Mr. J-Lo. And that news was simply that she was dating him.
David
On Monday, August 22, 2022 at 02:44:14 AM PDT, PGage <[email protected]>
wrote:
I noticed a number of stories like this over the weekend about long time SNL
producer Lindsay Shookus deciding to leave the show:
https://deadline.com/2022/08/snl-producer-lindsay-shookus-exits-20-years-1235096222/
I had never heard of her before, and did not think much of it, until I read a
note from Matt Belloni at Puck News, who reported that this was less a career
move by her, than an attempt to get out in front of a downsizing wave coming to
an SNL production staff that is regarded as excessive. Also, that Shookus is
viewed by all but the elite talent in a negative light, and that many will be
pleased to see her go. And also, that her PR team had arranged to have all
these more flattering pieces placed in the entertainment press.
Here is the note:
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“The SNL ‘Gatekeeper’ Exits Studio 8H:
Saturday Night Live is a famously bloated production, especially compared to
other late-night and sketch shows—which, given the high-wire act it pulls off
20 weeks a year, seems fine to me. But a restructuring is coming for Season 48,
I’m told, and we saw the first shoe drop this week with the exit of Lindsay
Shookus, a 20-year veteran and the show’s somewhat notorious head of talent.
Lots of cheers in the representation community about this dethroning. Shookus
positioned herself as the show’s all-powerful “gatekeeper” (as if Lorne doesn’t
select every host personally), and she could be pretty awful to talent she
didn’t consider A-list, their reps, and the SNL staff over the years. Shookus
was offered a new, less influential role at the show, I’m told, but she will
instead leave. She engaged a publicist to manage the news and place flattering
trade stories, and that rep declined to comment.”
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