And That's All I've Got To Say About That
Usually, shows like Saturday Night Live don't have to dig too deep to find good material for mockery. After all, real life seems to provide enough ammo and, if we're lucky, even a few ready-made one-liners.
Although this is true, time and time again, SNL falls short of the mark. Now imagine what happens when the tables get turned and the hot topic to mock comes from your very own backyard. This was the situation SNL faced when the whole Ashlee Simpson debacle came crashing down around them.
Last night's SNL was a new, live ep where they decided to face the music the way only SNL can--by laughing, only this time, at themselves. Yet with all the Ash jokes they paraded, not ONCE did I hear them own up to anything, which in itself, is ironically a very "Ashlee" way of handling things.
See SNL made fun of Ashlee for lip synching, at one point blatantly calling her out for her actions, but SNL is not the victim here. Let's face it--this could have just as easily happened to a slew of artists, not to mention the fact that SNL KNEW she was going to go the prerecorded route. And SNL? Well, if the glitch hadn't happened to Ashlee, we'd all be none the wiser and SNL would still smile, pat her on the back, and tell her she rocked.
As if this blame game wasn't bad enough, Emimen was the musical guest last night. Emimem, a young man often clearly channeling more anger than ten former child stars trapped at a Brady Bunch convention. Emimen, a guy who is the first to tell the world EXACTLY why he disapproves of damn well near everything and everyone for being fake.
Emimem, comes out...
AND LIP SYNCHS.
He rapped/sang, whatever you call it, live on the second song, but on the first? Not a chance. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. As I see it, there are two parts to shame here:
1. SNL- for STILL not telling people acts aren't truly always singing live.
2. Eminem- for him, of all people, to come out and lip synch in the first place.
I don't know about you, but I think I've learned two valuable lessons here. 1. Lip synching is apparently cool, assuming you don't get caught. 2. Be careful what you wish for. Cause really, if we truly forced all these people to sing live, we'd probably be begging for the the days of lip synching to return.
Although this is true, time and time again, SNL falls short of the mark. Now imagine what happens when the tables get turned and the hot topic to mock comes from your very own backyard. This was the situation SNL faced when the whole Ashlee Simpson debacle came crashing down around them.
Last night's SNL was a new, live ep where they decided to face the music the way only SNL can--by laughing, only this time, at themselves. Yet with all the Ash jokes they paraded, not ONCE did I hear them own up to anything, which in itself, is ironically a very "Ashlee" way of handling things.
See SNL made fun of Ashlee for lip synching, at one point blatantly calling her out for her actions, but SNL is not the victim here. Let's face it--this could have just as easily happened to a slew of artists, not to mention the fact that SNL KNEW she was going to go the prerecorded route. And SNL? Well, if the glitch hadn't happened to Ashlee, we'd all be none the wiser and SNL would still smile, pat her on the back, and tell her she rocked.
As if this blame game wasn't bad enough, Emimen was the musical guest last night. Emimem, a young man often clearly channeling more anger than ten former child stars trapped at a Brady Bunch convention. Emimen, a guy who is the first to tell the world EXACTLY why he disapproves of damn well near everything and everyone for being fake.
Emimem, comes out...
AND LIP SYNCHS.
He rapped/sang, whatever you call it, live on the second song, but on the first? Not a chance. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. As I see it, there are two parts to shame here:
1. SNL- for STILL not telling people acts aren't truly always singing live.
2. Eminem- for him, of all people, to come out and lip synch in the first place.
I don't know about you, but I think I've learned two valuable lessons here. 1. Lip synching is apparently cool, assuming you don't get caught. 2. Be careful what you wish for. Cause really, if we truly forced all these people to sing live, we'd probably be begging for the the days of lip synching to return.
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