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Sophy Ziss
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: One Dwayne Johnson To Rule Us All
Five-time host and potential Presidential candidate Dwayne Johnson sends ‘SNL’ Season 42 out with a silly, star-studded celebration.
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Sophy Ziss
May 21, 2017 12:11 pm
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: Melissa McCarthy Is The Only Living Boy In New York
Host Melissa McCarthy earns her five timer’s jacket in a Mother’s Day episode that goes in on Trump.
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Sophy Ziss
May 14, 2017 11:59 am
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: Move Over, Evans/Pratt/Hemsworth, ‘Cause It’s Chris Pine Awareness Week
First-time host Chris Pine (not that Chris – no, the other Chris) sings and dances through a delightfully screwball episode.
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Sophy Ziss
May 7, 2017 12:02 pm
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: Live In Every Time Zone, It’s Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon anchors a boisterous and thoroughly enjoyable "SNL" that aired live in every U.S. time zone for the first time in history.
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Sophy Ziss
April 16, 2017 12:57 pm
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: Host Louis C.K. Plays Problematic Bingo
From flat punchlines to overt racism, the comedian hosted an aggressively bad episode of "SNL."
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Sophy Ziss
April 9, 2017 11:46 am
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: Scarlett Johansson And A Cute Pug Can’t Distract Us From Impending Doom
Scarlett Johansson joins ‘SNL’s’ elite five-timers’ club in an episode unworthy of the honor.
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Sophy Ziss
March 12, 2017 12:57 pm
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: Octavia Spencer Anchors An Episode That Feels Accidentally Good
A consistent episode hosted by Octavia Spencer brought political humor and the straight weirdness we’ve missed.
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Sophy Ziss
March 5, 2017 11:52 am
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: Alec Baldwin Proves There Are Two Types of Problems: Regular, And Trump
Alec Baldwin hosts a politically charged episode of “SNL” that we kind of hope the President didn’t tune in for.
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Sophy Ziss
February 12, 2017 11:59 am
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: Kristen Stewart Has A Message For President Trump
In an episode that expertly balances political satire with laugh-out-loud madness, host Kristen Stewart proves she’s America’s Totino.
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Sophy Ziss
February 5, 2017 11:55 am
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: In Which Aziz Ansari Compares President Trump To Chris Brown
"SNL" addressed Trump-inspired racism and sang goodbye to Obama in an episode anchored by Aziz Ansari.
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Sophy Ziss
January 22, 2017 11:58 am
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: Felicity Jones Hosts Uneven Hour That Robs Us Of Hope
Laughs and sighs are easy to come by in "SNL’s" patchy first episode of 2017.
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Sophy Ziss
January 15, 2017 11:51 am
Criticism
‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: Casey Affleck Hosts The Very Last Christmas; The Audacity of Dope
“Saturday Night Live” gift-wraps up 2016 with ample holiday cheer (despite the Ghost of Christmas Future knocking at the Oval Office door).
By
Sophy Ziss
December 18, 2016 10:43 am
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