A sketch about Tina Turner impersonators? Nice to see SNL is still cutting edge with social satire. What's next, a sketch about Richard Nixon and Watergate?
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > The LA sketch comedy troupe (and talent pipeline to "SNL") had a sketch in > their show this past summer about two Tina Turner impersonators performing > in a casino and musing on life in between verses of "Proud Mary"--and it > seems that this past Saturday, "SNL" had a sketch about *three* Tina Turner > impersonators (played by Cecily Strong, guest host Sarah Silverman > and Sasheer Zamata) performing at a Nebraska riverboat casino and musing > on life in between verses of "Proud Mary." The two Groundlings performers > and a teacher at the company posted on Facebook accusing "SNL" of stealing > their bit (and the teacher intimated that the TV show has stolen from the > Groundlings many times)--the link includes both sketches (the original just > posted on YouTube yesterday, which is a little suspect if you ask me) and > you can decide for yourself: > > > http://www.thewrap.com/snl-denies-ripping-off-rivers-sisters-sketch-from-the-groundlings/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=contactology > > Personally, yes there's a similarity, but the "SNL" sketch is not a > line-for-line lift of the original and it seems to me that unless the > Groundlings can point to reservation lists with Lorne Michaels or "SNL" > writers' names on them, it would be hard to prove plagiarism. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
