Ubiquitous
2018-06-16 05:23:51 UTC
In an interview published on Wednesday, The Wrap spoke with Leslie
Jones about the next season of "Saturday Night Live," which she said
should be less focused on politics, and more focused on whats funny:
Comedy is a release just like art and music. All of that
is the same thing. You need that release. It cant always
be serious. You need The Three Stooges just as much as you
need John Oliver.
To be clear, Jones still insisted that political commentary is a
necessary thing:
There was so much stuff that was happening, there was no
way that our show, with the responsibility that we have,
would not to cover that stuff. It was just too important.
But I do hope that next year will be a lot more funny-funny
based stuff, more comedy based stuff instead of a lot of
political stuff.
Jones primary concern seems to be over-saturation combined with a lack
of originality. She told The Wrap that she doesnt want to "talk about
what everybody else is talking about," and that many comics are
covering identical ground as it relates to the president:
The comics today are its stressful to go to a comedy
show, because thats all theyre going to do is just talk
about that. No one just gets up and does a simple joke that
makes you laugh.
She added: "When I started, it wasnt important about being famous or
being heard of. The most important thing was if we were funny."
Jones is echoing a certain portion of the "SNL" fanbase who are tiring
of the ever-present and increasingly unfunny political sketches based
around President Trump and his team. Time will tell whether or not her
remarks will make an impact in the long-running sketch comedy series
writers room.
Jones about the next season of "Saturday Night Live," which she said
should be less focused on politics, and more focused on whats funny:
Comedy is a release just like art and music. All of that
is the same thing. You need that release. It cant always
be serious. You need The Three Stooges just as much as you
need John Oliver.
To be clear, Jones still insisted that political commentary is a
necessary thing:
There was so much stuff that was happening, there was no
way that our show, with the responsibility that we have,
would not to cover that stuff. It was just too important.
But I do hope that next year will be a lot more funny-funny
based stuff, more comedy based stuff instead of a lot of
political stuff.
Jones primary concern seems to be over-saturation combined with a lack
of originality. She told The Wrap that she doesnt want to "talk about
what everybody else is talking about," and that many comics are
covering identical ground as it relates to the president:
The comics today are its stressful to go to a comedy
show, because thats all theyre going to do is just talk
about that. No one just gets up and does a simple joke that
makes you laugh.
She added: "When I started, it wasnt important about being famous or
being heard of. The most important thing was if we were funny."
Jones is echoing a certain portion of the "SNL" fanbase who are tiring
of the ever-present and increasingly unfunny political sketches based
around President Trump and his team. Time will tell whether or not her
remarks will make an impact in the long-running sketch comedy series
writers room.
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Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.