There was a narrative about rock music that went music was stupid and boring and was played by square people for square people. Then one day some white boys plugged their electric guitars into amps and brought forth rock and roll, which was and is awesome music, and freed everybody’s minds, and then Woodstock and so on and so on.
As time passed and the artists and audience matured, a much more introspective and complex narrative emerged. It’s a lot more satisfying to read and watch and it really points out the shallowness of the previous narrative. There is a parallel narrative for comedy where comedy was square until SNL came along and made it awesome. There has been a smaller amount of introspection and those of us who are dreading the SNL movie feel that as long as Lorne is in charge the shallow narrative is the only story that will be allowed to air. On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 1:37 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe you, Kevin. I've seen and read enough "SNL" behind the scenes > books and docs that I do not consider Lorne a great producer. And I've > always held that from the beginning "SNL" has been erratic as hell and it's > primarily, of this whole "write the show the same week" structure that's > been there from the beginning and is why you have the harassment and drug > den atmosphere that seems to easily permeate the place (although I'm sure > that it's not as bad as it used to be, although wait until we hear about > another death long before their time of a cast member). And that's why my > "SNL" watching these days is selected YouTube videos. I would hope that if > the show continues after Lorne is gone that a lot of things on how the show > is put together get changed, but I honestly think that once Lorne dies (and > he will not retire, although I would think the 50th anniversary would be a > good time), the show dies too, because it's become too expensive for NBC > and like everything else in television, it's not generating the revenue it > used to. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 10:42 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We recently watched the 2020 Belushi documentary where they animated >> sequences where they only had audio. It was generally well done and I feel >> does a good job portraying all sides of the man, but — as usual — Lorne >> Michaels doesn’t get enough blame for creating a harassment filled drug den >> that is at least partly to blame for the premature deaths of people such as >> Belushi and Farley. >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 8:08 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> What was called "SNL 1975" is now called "Saturday Night" (the original >>> title of the series--well, technically "NBC's Saturday Night"), but it's >>> still Jason Reitman's telling of the hours before that first telecast--and >>> Sony will release it to theaters on Oct. 11, 50 years to the day of the >>> series premiere: >>> >>> >>> https://www.thewrap.com/jason-reitman-snl-movie-title-release-date-saturday-night/ >>> >>> Although the cast is mostly unknowns (including the guy playing Lorne), >>> Jon Batiste will be donning an Afro wig to play first musical guest Billy >>> Preston and Willem Dafoe will play NBC executive in charge of talent >>> schmoozing David Tebet. 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