SNL Kevin Hart / Sia Episode Discussion

learned:

* first of all, the two from the last show: Pete Davidson with Amy Adams and the cards: this trope works every time, you have to read it like an artsy film but if you can, it's dynamite, and i love how Pete didn't have to do anything except make sure the heavy pile of cards didn't fall and spill all over the place, though that would have been funny, too. never question Bob Dylan. Pete's eyes during the DTF: already classic. as for Nativity Battle Force: as a He-Man devotee, this fit my niche. also, isn't He-Man already kinda a Christian-values thing without having to include the actual Nativity? it's like swords-and-sandals Peanuts.

* i can't say i'm in love with Kevin Hart, but i do love his work ethic.

* Kevin's monologue: going against the grain, which is hard since whole grain is good for you, i enjoyed this, i liked it more the more it meandered and rambled on. i'm a huge fan of Spalding Gray, i like when some dude gets up on stage and with a box and a dim spotlight just starts talking for an hour or two, starts telling a story. and yeah, raccoons really do that, you don't need to be high to see it.

* i am in fact in love with Sia, from the depression, the quitting, the eyes veil, and the powerful music, she is her own unique voice and i appreciate her, i get her. it's one part Bjork, one part Gaga, and all mimes and beige-dancer symbols of her inner stages from child to adolescent to adult, or child/parent, sung with intimate passion. i love her act. i'm a sucker for art that makes others groan. it seems it's for a medical condition and not that she's shunning her audience, turning her back to them, or for stage fright or generalized anxiety, but wouldn't it be ironic if there existed high-profile performers who secretly hated the crowds and actually got so nervous around an audience it immobilized them, they threw up before every show, and they shunned the spotlight whenever possible? inbetween fame and anonymity is the art.

* MLK: great stuff getting a real ghost (effect) on live tv. reminded me of MLK coming back on The Boondocks. you say that like Wu-Tang are a bad thing, they're rap pioneers. hey, it'll be okay, we still have Mike Tyson's cartoon.

* Bushwick: if Spike Lee had hosted, he would have written this one. aside from the conversational humor, which is my favorite form of humor, i was struck by the filmic quality of this piece, it was very gritty urban documentary, with the urbandictionary wordplay. hipsters are hard, they're the most hardheaded people i know.