Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL - Defamer Comments

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

FabFour87 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:40:30 PDT

To me, Kristen Wiig = Not Funny. That math seems right. All of her characters, at least from what I've seen, are all just super hyper, and drawn out; she goes on for way too long with repeating one line or facial expression. There are so many better people on the show who are losing face time because of her, and she's just not that funny. Sorry.

FabFour87

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

MickyK — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:05:07 PDT

Did anyone see the sketch she did with Scarlett Johansson where she plays a reporter? It's hilarious

MickyK

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Edward Bulwer-Lytton — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:14:35 PDT

@Sleepyhead: No.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Sleepyhead — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:13:29 PDT

@bluelanugo: These comments aren't really tickling me. Can I get the last 3.5 minutes of my life back, please?

Sleepyhead

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

whitekidinflatbush — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:26:54 PDT

Like most of their recurring characters, they do Penelope WAY too much. I miss the underrated Aunt Linda.

whitekidinflatbush

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Benovite — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:45:43 PDT

I think she's a hoot.

Love the recent balloon over New York commercial.

Benovite

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Shumina — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:20:45 PDT

@DrFeelgood: Quite right...it's not easy to watch at all.

@disinterested 3rd party: I miss him.

Shumina

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

yoko — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:55:04 PDT

Don't for get the blow joy. Because it's certainly not a job.

yoko

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

disinterested 3rd party — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:47:37 PDT

@Shumina: Seconded on the balloon rides sketch, "See ya later, suckers." Hee hee.....

disinterested 3rd party

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

DrFeelgood — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:45:11 PDT

Wiig rocks.
End of fuckin' story.

Haters can get on stage and try to pull off what she does. Go ahead.

It's not easy folks.

DrFeelgood

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

shiningstar — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:35:24 PDT

@CapnCalamity: Yeah "Two A-Holes" is a definite favorite... Wonder why they haven't brought that one back in a while? And I agree, Kristen really is the best thing on the show this season.

shiningstar

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Shumina — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:34:16 PDT

Forgive them, Belushi. They know not what they do.

Shumina

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

mimigoliath — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:25:36 PDT

I feel the Wiig and the Sudeikis love. And I miss the Assholes. Sudeikis reminds me of a young Dan Aykroyd, so therefore, I have a crush on him. And on Wiig. Aykroyd, Murray and Radner reign for me, but I think if the current performers (well, most of them) had better sketches, SNL would be shiny and pretty again.

mimigoliath

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

dutchtwista — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:17:35 PDT

Wiig's passive aggressive underminer producer in Knocked Up was one of the only funny parts of that movie. Craig Robinson's brutally honest doorman being the other funny part.

dutchtwista

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

CapnCalamity — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:54:03 PDT

I'll see your Sudeikis (who does rule as well), and raise you their GENIUS "Two Assholes..." sketch.

"Babe, you want a smoothie, babe?"
"...you look like a rabbit."

HA!

CapnCalamity

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

jerebo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:48:21 PDT

Bring back Gary Kroeger!

jerebo

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

spanktastic — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:29:58 PDT

Amy Poelher.

spanktastic

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

skahammer — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:08:00 PDT

I don't know what it is, but I feel like if this woman looked at me twice on the same day, I would drop whatever I was doing and ask her to marry me.

I mean, once I ruled Scarlett completely out (whom Kristen does even kind of resemble, sometimes....)

skahammer

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

jasonelias — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:40:32 PDT

Wiig certainly captured the more irritating parts of Jamie Lee Curtis's, well, everything. Wiig's great anyway, liked her right off...

jasonelias

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

blue lanugo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:23:57 PDT

Wiig Rules.

My favorite is "Balloon Rides"

I despise that "can I get the last X minutes back..." cliche with the power of 1000 suns.

blue lanugo

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Victor Ward — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:21:24 PDT

Will Ferrell was talented? Jason Sudeikis is dreamy. I'm down with Wiig. I think I covered all the bases, there.

Victor Ward

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Derek Balling — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:04:35 PDT

@Imnotatnbc/Glass_Family: I agree with you two wholeheartedly. TiVo for-the-win as my wife and I fast-forward through Wiig's "every character is the Target lady" performances. Sure, there are a rare few that aren't, but if you see her mug on screen, chances are you're getting a repackaging of the target lady. @Glass_Family: The shorts, and weekend update, but then again, weekend update brought wiig in to completely slow/ruin their performance this past weekend, so who knows...

Derek Balling

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cinerama — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:55:29 PDT

Wiig is amazing - I continue to be blown away by her talent, though it's often tempered by the show's writing.

I have no idea how "Judy Grimes" was written, but she knocks it out of the park.

cinerama

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Schadenfriend — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:39:58 PDT

Wiig is great. The show is God awful in general. The performers are talented and the writing is terrible. Each sketch could go many, many places, but always ends up with poop. They just aim for the easy (poop) joke.

Schadenfriend

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

procrastinator, esq. — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:08:44 PDT

Yup. She's fantastic, and I have to hand it to SNL -- the Activia sketch and the fake commercial they did a few weeks ago for Annuale, the pill that lets you have your period just once a year, both had me literally in hysterics. Penelope was a cute idea, once or twice, but eh. Frankly, Kristen's got a lot more talent than Amy Poehler and is a better actress than Tina Fey.

Why the hating on her so much? Although I agree with Wookie that Jason Sudeikis is great, it's more that I find him unbelievably attractive and charming, not necessarily laugh out loud hilarious.

procrastinator, esq.

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

LBJeffries — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:15:19 PDT

She is really tremendous. Some of her characters have similar attributes, since, you know, they are all played by the same human being. But there is a lot of diversity in what she can do, and she simply cracks me up.

Also, are people on here criticizing comedy and saying shit like "can I get the last 5 minutes of my life back, please?"?

Christ.

LBJeffries

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

rabbitboy — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:42:53 PDT

Kristen Wiig is all kinds of brilliant and I'm thrilled to see her getting the attention that's usually reserved for male SNL alums. There is nothing she can't do--every skit I've ever seen her in, she's been freaking amazing.

rabbitboy

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

UnklStinky — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:39:05 PDT

... and this is the shit passing for quality sketch comedy these days.

UnklStinky

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

peteignatius — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:05:44 PDT

No one else thinks Bill Hader is one of the breakouts of the last few years?

peteignatius

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Glass_Family — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:05:25 PDT

@Imnotatnbc: I'm on the "every character she does is the same" boat as well, at least from what I've seen of SNL lately, which is roughly one episode.

Can't we all just agree that the "Digital Short" is the only thing remotely worth watching these days? At least beyond the extremely-quotable-but-bizarrely-awful Walken "Googly Eyes on Plants" Sketch.

Glass_Family

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

B-Side — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:51:48 PDT

Amen. I think Kristin Wiig is fantastic.

B-Side

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Magister — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:36:11 PDT

The first time that I noticed her was the first time her "Target" lady appeared and I'm glad that she moved up to being a full cast member this season.

With that said, if you were to ask me to imagine a possible career trajectory or compare her to any former cast member, I'd have to say Jane Curtin. I'm sure someday, if Ms. Wiig keeps her wits about her, she'll find a "Kate" to go with her "Allie" or a "Third Rock" to keep her in residuals for the rest of her life.

Magister

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

SFCANSUCKIT — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:35:30 PDT

really? i am shocked. this is why i dont watch SNL anymore. can i get the last five minutes of my life back please?

SFCANSUCKIT

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Imnotatnbc — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:41:27 PDT

She's hilarious, original and great. Just like all the female SNL standouts over the years she'll have a long and successful movie career...oh wait, never mind.

Imnotatnbc

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

yvonnjanae — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:04:18 PDT

Wow, I'm shaking my head. She's one of least funny females the show has had. Every one of her characters does the exact same thing. Although I will admit the Jamie Lee Curtis sketch made me laugh, but not because she was so dead on the character.

yvonnjanae

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

mordecai1908 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:00:16 PDT

Let's face it, the women in general have carried this show for some time now. Before Wiig, there was the aforementioned Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. I would even count the oft-ignored tandem of Shannon, Oteri and Gasteyer in that mix. And do I even have to bring up Gilda?

mordecai1908

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

Pay_Me_Or_Pay_Me_No_Attention — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:42:51 PDT

Yeah, I have to disagree with this one as well.

It's not that she's not good, but the Judy Grimes character was the same timing and rythm as Penelope, it didn't seem much of a stretch.

Maya Rudolph, she was the best to come along after Will. Still bummed she isn't back on the show..

Pay_Me_Or_Pay_Me_No_Attention

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

IBentMyWookie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:04:54 PDT

Let's agree to disagree, so I won't have to spam your inbox with emails attesting to Jason Sudeikis' greatness.

IBentMyWookie

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

pureblarney — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:49:06 PDT

I'd like her more in the first sketch if she could stop looking at the cue cards.

pureblarney

Kristen Wiig, MVP of SNL

CapnCalamity — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:44:52 PDT

Wiig is, hands down, the best performer on SNL right now...but I don't think either of the sketches you selected do her justice. Where's Penelope?

CapnCalamity