Left side out (Michaela Watkins top, Casey Wilson bottom. Right side in (Jenny Slate top, Nasim Pedrad bottom).
So last week NBC announced that Saturday Night Live
Of COURSE Michaels promotes the fantastic (and only regular woman player) Kristen Wiig to Weekend Update with Seth Meyers, because, well she deserves it. But he also kept the “pretty” Abby Elliott. I would give my opinion of her, but since she was never given a strong part last season and all she is to me is nice looking, I don’t really have an opinion.
Ultimately this SUCKS! This is a HUGE step backwards for women in comedy and once again proves that men have the power when it comes to saying what is funny and what isn’t. Yeah, I just went feminist all over that, but it’s true. And, if Michaels was going to fire someone to hire someone, why couldn’t he have hired a black woman? Why did he have to hire two more “pretty” white women to fill in? I guess that would be asking too much–we can have a black president and a black first lady, but we have to get a Spanish man in black face to impersonate him on a comedy show and no one can play his wife. Yep, sounds about right!
Source: Seacoast Online, SNL Women: 2 Fired? 2 Hired?
I agree, in a less feministic approach. Casey Wilson was the kinda funny that flirted with you a little bit and then did something that knocked you off your feet. Michaela Watkins’ “Biiitch Pleeeaze” was always a winner and I really liked her subtle humor on The New Adventures of Old Christine. I’ll give the newbies a chance, but if they’re unfunny, I might have to join you on the women’s lib front of this situation.
There’s also been a lot of chatter going around that maybe Casey and Michaela just “weren’t funny enough.” I’m not sure how I feel about that, because I personally liked both of them a lot. But I also think a lot of my positive feelings towards them revolves around their non-SNL work. And I personally loved the idea of SNL finally having more than just 4 women
I personally hope they have more of Bobby Moynihan as Mark Payne. “It smells like peppah up in here!” That character made me laugh harder than anything, with “Bitch Pleeaze” in a close second.
YES YES YES!!! Peppah is my favorite skit from last season.
“It feels like someone hit me over the head with a lead pipe and dragged me into an establishment that only sold two things. Pepper and a FAN to blow that peppah around!”
“Do you have a cell phone? Cause I need you to call Helen Hunt & Bill Paxton and tell them we have a class 5 peppah twistah up in here.”