Tag: Performance
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SNL50: The Anniversary Special
We talk about the show’s role in establishing comedy across the 20th and 21st centuries from Word Association to Black Jeopardy, its complicated relationship with representing Blackness and Black humor exemplified in the In Memoriam montage, and how this epic oeuvre can be used to foster conversations in the classroom.
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S49 E17: Ryan Gosling
We talk about emotional contagion and breaking with Beavis and Butt-Head, and the complexity of sexist jokes with the Weekend Update Guest Appearances from SNL’s Resident Boyfriend, Michael Longfellow, and Caitlyn Clark.
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S49 E5: Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa’s second time hosting SNL was a feel good experience as advertised. We discuss the Biden Panda Cold Open and the politics of distraction, Old Timey Movies and the psychology of photography, Remember Lizards and the commodification and production of art, and a few classic Momoa moments like Cast Away and GE Big Boys…
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