Amy Poehler know it Some “Saturday Night Live” sketches During its time on the series, it has not aged well.
One ”SNL“Role members from 2001 to 2008, Poehler portrayed public figures as the Japanese artist Yoko Ono and former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during her time at Studio 8h. Now Poehler has reflected on what she learned from potentially problematic sketches.
Said Poehler under her “Good hang” podcast In the video below to “get older and be in comedy is that you have to, who, figure out,” Oh, it’s as if everything has an expiry date. ”
Earlier this year, Poehler returned to NBC’s “SNL” step for the 50th anniversary event, which included an “in Memoriam” segment for such sketches. “It was even the 50th, when they had the segment that was like,” here are all the ways we got things wrong, “and they showed how unsuitable casting for people,” she said. “We played all the people we shouldn’t have played. I have abused wrong, I joined … I didn’t know.”
Poehler added, “It’s very real, and the best thing you can do is make repairs, learn from your mistakes, do better. That’s all you can do.”
During the 50th anniversary show, Tom Hanks introduced “in memoriam” and said, “Although these characters, accents and just call them ethnic wigs were without doubt in bad taste, you all laughed at them. So if anyone were to be interrupted, would it not be you, the audience?”
Poehler previously recalled to have been part of the star -studded “SNL50” special. “It was a night of famous alumni and people,” Poehler said on “Conan O’Brien Need a Friend” -Podcast. “There were so many people that people had to share changing rooms, so I shared my dressing room with Meryl Streep. Just like a fan I took a picture of the door that said my name and” Meryl Streep “, and it was really cool.”
Poehler added “(Meryl Streep) was ready for his sketch and really repeated it, and I remember thinking:” I’ve never repeated as hard as Meryl Streep is at this moment. “
