Reminds me of when Cecily Strong suddenly announced her departure mid season. Which led to this lovely moment where Austin Butler sang Blue Christmas to her. Still one of my favorite SNL moments....
I liked Bowen overall as a cast member, I preferred him in sketches rather than Weekend Update where I felt like he played the same character in different costumes.
SNL doesn’t really make stars anymore. So maybe he’ll buck the trend have a steady career after this. Pete Davidson is arguably the most famous cast member to come out of this institution in the past ten years and he’s only known for his messy personal life (thank primarily to Ariana Grande if we’re being honest). I would say Yang has never led anything and likely never will, but you could have said the same about Bill Hader when he left.
Wild. Best of luck to Bowen! He was always a solid player but I feel like he never got a good breakout character. He was in almost every sketch yet was still somehow underutilized.
Wild. Best of luck to Bowen! He was always a solid player but I feel like he never got a good breakout character. He was in almost every sketch yet was still somehow underutilized.
I really liked him but at the same time I found it really annoying that the joke seemed to be “here’s a flamboyantly gay character” at least half of the time. But it’s also been at least a year...
I really liked him but at the same time I found it really annoying that the joke seemed to be “here’s a flamboyantly gay character” at least half of the time. But it’s also been at least a year since I last watched the show, so maybe I’m not remembering correctly.
I don't watch SNL as much as I used to either and feel the same way. Bowen was one of my favourite cast members, but a lot of his material was either being flamboyantly gay or being a gay man...
I don't watch SNL as much as I used to either and feel the same way. Bowen was one of my favourite cast members, but a lot of his material was either being flamboyantly gay or being a gay man doing an impression of a straight person. He's really, really good at it though and I'm sure that there's always going to be work for him if he wants it.
I find him very annoying! I want him to ingratiate himself to me personally by playing against type somewhere, but I haven't seen that happen yet. Does anyone know if Bowen Yang has ever tried...
I find him very annoying! I want him to ingratiate himself to me personally by playing against type somewhere, but I haven't seen that happen yet. Does anyone know if Bowen Yang has ever tried sublimating his ego through method acting? Comedians do less method acting but it is an important technique for loudmouths who can't empathize far enough into the material to recognize where the jokes are meant to breathe and stimulate the senses!
I missed that when it came out! Dang, I forgot I wanted to see it but my husband was put off by the humor of it. Let me know if it’s worth hunting down.
I missed that when it came out! Dang, I forgot I wanted to see it but my husband was put off by the humor of it. Let me know if it’s worth hunting down.
Reminds me of when Cecily Strong suddenly announced her departure mid season. Which led to this lovely moment where Austin Butler sang Blue Christmas to her. Still one of my favorite SNL moments.
I liked Bowen overall as a cast member, I preferred him in sketches rather than Weekend Update where I felt like he played the same character in different costumes.
SNL doesn’t really make stars anymore. So maybe he’ll buck the trend have a steady career after this. Pete Davidson is arguably the most famous cast member to come out of this institution in the past ten years and he’s only known for his messy personal life (thank primarily to Ariana Grande if we’re being honest). I would say Yang has never led anything and likely never will, but you could have said the same about Bill Hader when he left.
Wild. Best of luck to Bowen! He was always a solid player but I feel like he never got a good breakout character. He was in almost every sketch yet was still somehow underutilized.
I really liked him but at the same time I found it really annoying that the joke seemed to be “here’s a flamboyantly gay character” at least half of the time. But it’s also been at least a year since I last watched the show, so maybe I’m not remembering correctly.
That was my issue with him for his weekend update characters. The iceberg, baby hippo, jafar. The sketches he wrote could be pretty good though
I don't watch SNL as much as I used to either and feel the same way. Bowen was one of my favourite cast members, but a lot of his material was either being flamboyantly gay or being a gay man doing an impression of a straight person. He's really, really good at it though and I'm sure that there's always going to be work for him if he wants it.
Agreed. It’s not bad to have that kind of character from time to time, it was just too often in the show.
I find him very annoying! I want him to ingratiate himself to me personally by playing against type somewhere, but I haven't seen that happen yet. Does anyone know if Bowen Yang has ever tried sublimating his ego through method acting? Comedians do less method acting but it is an important technique for loudmouths who can't empathize far enough into the material to recognize where the jokes are meant to breathe and stimulate the senses!
Fire Island has him in a major dramatic role. But I think it was also trying to be funny? Bottom line is that it wasn’t a good movie.
I'll look! I also forgot to watch Dicks: The Musical, which idk let's try it.
I missed that when it came out! Dang, I forgot I wanted to see it but my husband was put off by the humor of it. Let me know if it’s worth hunting down.
FWIW he’s not trained. I believe he studied Chemistry in college, so he’s a comedian first and an actor second.