Lindsay Lohan does her opening monologue on SNL.Well, Lindsay Lohan did it, folks! Last night, she managed to pull herself together enough to host Saturday Night Live for the first time since 2006. The reviews are in, and so far, everyone's kinda impressed ... you know, that it wasn't a total disaster, and that LiLo didn't fall flat on her filler-laden face.
Although we didn't get the musical opening monologue she had been promising (what happened there, I wonder?), her overall performance was certainly passable, perhaps even laudable, given the path she's been on since the last time she took the stage. But did the showing help the actress rebuild a rock solid foundation for a new stab at her career? Ehhh, probably not. But it wasn't her fault. She clearly never had a fighting chance.
See, as the cast teased in the opening monologue that they didn't trust her to fulfill her hosting duties, the reality of the matter wasn't far from the joke. Over the course of the show, it truly appeared that Lorne Michaels and the writers did not trust her. They put her in the background of most of the sketches she appeared in, and thus, she really had zero chance of shining in any meaningful way.
What's more, the writing of said sketches was borderline abysmal. I know it's pretty much the most stereotypical gripe out of a TV viewer's mouth to say that SNL isn't what it used to be, and in fact, it's so bad it's unwatchable. But that's because it's true!! At least it was true last night, because, err, when you're watching a comedy show, you should probably find yourself laughing out loud? Not just smirking and definitely not rolling your eyes.
But with that being the case, how could we possibly expect SNL to be a viable catalyst for helping LiLo appear capable again? Not only were our expectations too high for her, but they were too high for the show itself.
If you missed the show, here's a taste of the decent, the bad, and the downright cringe-worthy.
The decent: A sketch on the Real Housewives of Disney was by my far my favorite, and the most amusing, but again, it's not like the script lent itself to giving LiLo the opportunity to impress us. They didn't even make her one of the more widely known princesses!
The bad: The opening monologue, filled with nods to ankle bracelets and drug possession, was all about how SNL didn't trust Lindsay. While it was reassuring to see the host can laugh at herself, no one else was really laughing.
The downright cringe-worthy: Again, in "Scared Straight," Lindsay played herself and made fun of her personal history with quips about "rehab in Malibu," but the whole sketch dissolved into a run-on, unfunny joke about prison sex. Ugh.
Did you watch Lindsay Lohan on SNL last night? What did you think of her performance and the show?
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I hate to be mean but what are all these young people doing to their mouths? I couldn't even watch. The once beautiful are now tight and bulgy. What's wrong with people?
She looks wasted in every single skit.
I gave it a chance and the only thing I enjoyed out of these clips were the Hunts commercials before them. I don't want to be mean but this just reeked of desperation and her "acting" wasn't good at all. I do get that comedy is the hardest form of theatrical arts to perform...but damn! That was pretty bad. If she wants a comeback, she can't be begging for it because it does reek of desperation and you don't perform at your best at all. She needs to look at Robert Downey Jr. he screwed up and he slowly worked his way back up through small roles until he hit the Ironman role and by then, he proved himself to be a great actor and owned up to his mistakes. He didn't beg or pled, he just focused on his craft with bit parts until he worked up enough respect again that he was hired for a big project. I think thats what Lohan needs to do. Earn the respect back slowly and really try to stay out of the tabloids.
Poor Lindsay
I didn't want SNL BUT I'm pretty sure Rapunzel is a pretty well know princess...I grew up knowing who she was anyway.
She didn't look great... I'm sure she's regretting being on the show. poor thing.
Oh, I was embarassed for her! The few lines she had that were more than a one word reaction or read off cue cards she flubbed. And it DID look like they were doing everything they could to give her as little to do as possible and she still couldn't handle it.
And she looked terrible. She used to be so pretty but she her face looks puffy and frozen. And her voice sounds just, well, not like her (or any 20 something). What a trainwreck. It's facinating and tragic at the same time.