AVClub: An episode of SNL like this one really invites a lot of speculation. It’s not that it’s bad—actually it was very bad. But it’s bad in such a specific way that my mind can’t help but think about the atmosphere of the show all week leading up to tonight. I think about Russell Crowe, noted not-comedian, and, by all accounts, an incredibly serious and self-serious actor and guy. (Good luck to The Nice Guys co-star Ryan Gosling, referred to as “a beautiful woman” in Crowe’s monologue tonight.) I have a vision of the SNL writers pitching their sketch ideas to Crowe—and imagine him staring stonily back at them until, it seems, his ears perked up at the phrases “duck vaginas,” “a subtle yet focused campaign on your clitoris,” and “open your legs and take my seed in your moist...” I think about the goodnights, where the cast appeared to be giving Crowe the widest berth possible without actually standing with the band, and Crowe’s pronouncement “God bless the ghost of John Belushi—I still think about you, man,” which was... whatever it was.
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