tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15612134.post7918397101458067693..comments2023-10-26T05:09:47.483-04:00Comments on the current obstacle: SNL - Newly Relevant or a Shadow of the Past?Creaulxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315861146269528473noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15612134.post-84336443230729292582008-11-15T19:17:00.000-05:002008-11-15T19:17:00.000-05:00Good post. Thoughtful and realistic. Bueno! There ...Good post. Thoughtful and realistic. Bueno! <BR/><BR/>There was a huge amount of talent in the SNL cast back in the mid-nineties, and all the SNL graduates have been dominating the big screen since they left. <BR/><BR/>The now waning overexposure of Will Ferrell is encouraging, though. Mr. Ferrell would not have been able to crack the mid-nineties cast much less graduate from it to the big screen. There are always anomalies, such as the continued box office success of one Adam Sandler, post Happy Gilmore.<BR/><BR/>Tina Fey's reported snooty treatment of the real Sarah Palin was not good to hear; whatever you might think of Palin, it doesn't give Fey the right to treat her subject of parody with disdain. <BR/><BR/>Despite the best efforts of the media to make Palin into a complete idiot, she has more accomplishments as Governor of Alaska than the president elect Obama has had as a relatively obscure two years as an Illinois Senator.<BR/><BR/>Current rough economics make humour more essential than ever. SNL is probably not the best place to look for some in late 2008.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com