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Saturday Night Live Vet Laraine Newman and Current Star Kristen Wiig Talk About How Comedy—and Censorship Standards—Have Changed
KRISTEN WIIG
Age: 36.
Currently in her fifth SNL season, Wiig has also made her mark in films like Knocked Up and Adventureland.
LARAINE NEWMAN
Age: 57.
There at the start of SNL, Newman has since found success voicing animation. "I love it," says the mother of two teens. "It lets me be a mom."
Are you fans of each other's characters?
NEWMAN: Oh God, yes.
WIIG: I don't know a lot of the names, but of course Connie Conehead, and the Valley Girl—
NEWMAN: Sheri, yeah. I tried never to repeat characters. It was dumb of me because it kind of made me invisible.
WIIG: I don't think you were ever invisible.
And Laraine?
NEWMAN: Where do I start? The two A-holes, and the Target Lady, and Aunt Linda—everything!
Has SNL's comedy changed in 35 years?
NEWMAN: I look at it kind of like the Olympics: What gymnasts could do in 1975 is nothing compared to what they can do now.
WIIG: I think people pay much more attention to the political stuff we're doing now. I don't know if it's just the times, or that there's so much that's able to be parodied recently.
NEWMAN: From a technical standpoint, I see all the hairpieces, and wardrobe, and technology—that's just dazzling to me. When I think about our skits it's like the Stone Age!
The show always pushed boundaries, though ...
NEWMAN: I was the first person to ever say "sucks" on television.
WIIG: Really?
NEWMAN: I was also the first to say "pissed off."
WIIG: That's an honor!
NEWMAN: I had to personally apologize to the NBC censor—but boy, today they pass me by!
Is anything the same?
NEWMAN: The schedule.
WIIG: The norm is to go in at 3 p.m., go home at 7 the next morning.
NEWMAN: It's definitely the domain of the young.
And behind the scenes?
WIIG: Just tons of drugs and sex stories. Nothing anyone wants to hear.
From:
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20314103,00.html
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Nothing new about Kristen, but I learned a few things about Lorainne!
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Kristen Wiig is 3x Emmy-nominated and arguably the most successful female SNL player of all time. (1) She has 57 impressions. (2) She has 27 recurring characters. (3) She's been in 20 movies. (4) She wrote/acted in the hit film, Bridesmaids... NEXT FILMS: Friends with Kids, Revenge for Jolly, Imogene, Comedian, How to Train Your Dragon 2, & Clown Girl.
Monday, November 8, 2010
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