Last Week’S Review: Octavia Spencer Anchors An Episode That Feels Accidentally Good
“Saturday Night Live” was new this week, but it sure felt like it took the week off. Light on politics, comedy, and relevance, the episode under-delivered by miles. It seemed as if the writers just stumbled into the occasional sketch that did land completely by accident. What happened this week? When they found out Scarlett Johansson — competent, likeable, and experienced — was hosting, did they just decide to phone it in? It was like 80 percent of the show was written based on a grab bag of ideas for ten-to-ones submitted by interns.
Host: Scarlett Johansson
This week, Scarlett Johansson joined the members of “Saturday Night Live’s” most elite enterprise: The Five-Timers’ Club. As the name suggests, it’s an honor reserved for hosts such as Justin Timberlake and Drew Barrymore — aka, the celebrities that have taken on...
“Saturday Night Live” was new this week, but it sure felt like it took the week off. Light on politics, comedy, and relevance, the episode under-delivered by miles. It seemed as if the writers just stumbled into the occasional sketch that did land completely by accident. What happened this week? When they found out Scarlett Johansson — competent, likeable, and experienced — was hosting, did they just decide to phone it in? It was like 80 percent of the show was written based on a grab bag of ideas for ten-to-ones submitted by interns.
Host: Scarlett Johansson
This week, Scarlett Johansson joined the members of “Saturday Night Live’s” most elite enterprise: The Five-Timers’ Club. As the name suggests, it’s an honor reserved for hosts such as Justin Timberlake and Drew Barrymore — aka, the celebrities that have taken on...
- 3/12/2017
- by Sophy Ziss
- Indiewire
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