veganfan21 wrote:
"SNL sucks these days" threads are nothing but a microcosm of old man syndrome. When you're in your 20s you like SNL because it's hip, edgy, funny, whatever, and the cast is typically older than you which means you unconsciously view them through some sort of celebrity worship prism. In your 30s you may be critical of the cast and skits because you're a bit more learned, you've seen a lot, and you can identify political undertones in ways you couldn't earlier. You still can enjoy SNL but you're more discriminating. In your 40s and beyond SNL sucks because the cast is almost always younger than you and probably too crude for your old man tastes. Nothing makes sense or is funny because the type of comedy on display is that of a new generation which is almost always found unfunny or by people outside that generation. The benchmark against which you judge SNL is the era of shows from 20 years prior, when your child-like sensibilities allowed 30 year old cast members to intrigue you in ways you'd never let 30 year old comedians intrigue you today as a 40 something person. At this point rather than writing about SNL you might as well just code a bot to do the writing for you. The template you can use to get the bot going would include repetitive things like "was so much better when" and "sucks nowadays." When you notice yourself bitching about SNL it can only mean two things: you're a republican and/or you're old.
I think you are ignoring the truth that there have been peaks and troughs objectively in cast talent over the years. All casts and writers have not been equal.
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