On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:52 PM, PGage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But here is the main piece of news from that article: "explaining that > the Palin pieces were written by current "SNL" head writer Seth > Meyers." > > Really? > The same Seth Myers who writes so much complete and total crap > whenever Tina Fey is not around? Really?
I'm going to make a bold suggestion at this point, though certainly not a new suggestion coming from me. Perhaps your love of Tina Fey spilled over onto the those sketches. Perhaps Fey's on-screen chemistry won over the crowd, despite the fact the material itself was somewhat stilted. I enjoyed "In Living Color" when it aired, despite the fact I was not exactly the show's target audience. I liked the primary Wayans brothers (unlike my view of the Baldwins being members of a talentless gene pool, I believe the Wayans family can be divided into a two tier system consisting of primaries Keenen and Damon, and the secondaries... well... everyone else), and when Jim Carrey is doing slapstick comedy, there are few funnier. But even as a fan, a lot of that show's success can be attributed to the sheer force of personality of the talent. Fire-marshall Bill was as dull and repetitive as any SNL sketch from the last 20 years, but Carrey's plastic face made the gag funny time after time. Same with Homey the Clown, and countless other sketches. Tiny Fey already looked like Palin, and anybody who has seen more than eight minutes of "Fargo" has done that impression at some point. On modern SNL, the face and voice combo is half the battle (anyone familiar with the classic years knows little to no attempt was made to mimic the person being satirized, i.e. - Dan Akroyd as Tom Snyder or Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford). One of the sketches was an almost word-for-word recitation of Palin's actual CBS interview... hardly a lot of writing to be done there. The others weren't awful, but they also weren't any better than the jokes made on half a dozen other late night shows. So, that's my theory, that the writing of the Fey sketches was no better than any typical SNL segment, but Fey fans are more willing to forgive a certain level of pablum to see their girl on stage. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
