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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
Sure, but I don't think they call the shots on how many skits each of their characters gets per show. And that seems to be a main issue with SNL these days is that everything is recycled to death. That's on Lorne an Co., not on the talent.
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There was an excellent documentary on a week in the life of SNL about a week ago, where all the actors sit in a office with Lorne Michaels and pitch their ideas for the show, and if he agrees with the ideas then they spend the next 2 or three days writing the skit, then they come back and run through the skit in front of the rest of the cast. Lorne Michaels most of the time was rejecting staple characters because he wanted to push new people and new ideas.
The reason why they went to so many repetitive characters is because the cast couldn't come up with ideas for new acts or characters.
A few years ago when the show had guys like Chris Katarn they kept running the same terrible skits over and over again because the cast sucked at getting out of their comfort zone and moving beyond their main characters. Its like its the same thing with this cast.
Kristen Wig's characters are all pretty much based around low self esteem girl, and she's getting boring, its even spread to Bridesmaid which was hugely over rated.
As much as we take heavy shots at Sandler for re running the same socially awkward character, the guy has shown range that someone like Wig isn't capable of doing. He was amazing in Punch Drunk Love, and I think he did a very good job in the movie about the remote control.
Sandler's problem is very much like some others though they panic and get desperate and go back to what's worked for them in the past to bad results.