Amy Poehler recently made an interesting statement about Saturday Night Live, a show which has won awards for breaking new comedy ground over the past 50 years.
During a new chat with Will Forte on the Good Hang podcast, the 53-year-old American actress and comedian admitted that there have been many controversies which damaged the legacy of the show.
She began, “That’s the part about getting older and being in comedy is you have to figure out, it’s like, everything has an expiration date.”
She went on to address, “Even on the 50th (SNL anniversary episode) when they had that segment which was like, ‘Here’s all the ways we got things wrong,’ and they showed way inappropriate casting for people.”
This refers to a specific segment during “SNL’s” recent milestone anniversary special, where the show itself confronted its past problematic content.
She also reflected, “We all played people that we should not have played. I misappropriated, I appropriated, I didn’t know, I did know, like it’s very real.”
In conclusion, Amy expressed hope to gain forgiveness and grow as a performer, “The best thing you can do is make repair, learn from your mistakes, do better. Like, it’s all you can do.”
