New cast member James Austin Johnson, best known for his Trump impressions online, makes a strong first impression
When Saturday Night Live signed off last May, signs pointed to big changes come season 47. It really looked like a number of the show’s long-time cast members, including Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson and Pete Davidson, would be leaving. That turned out not to be the case, with everyone returning save Beck Bennett and Lauren Holt, even as several new featured players and writers joined the show.
That the above-listed names seem so reticent to depart speaks to how bad SNL is at making stars these days (this is especially evident in the lackluster movie careers of McKinnon, Davidson and Thompson), as well as the dire state of film and television comedy as a whole. That said, there are reasons to be hopeful that the show can turn things around, as evidenced by the cold open giving the spotlight to an exciting new face.
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