Laraine Newman on Saturday Night Light and on Ghosts
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Laraine Newman Expounds On The Importance Of The Sentinel Awards "I love the idea of recognizing shows that deal with subjects that might not have been dealt with before" Close Screen Rant: Can you talk a little bit about the Sentinel Awards and what they mean to you? Laraine Newman: Well, with regard to the Groundlings, there was no real sense that it would lead to anything other than the creativity that was being done in the moment. It was just a workshop in the beginning. It was a class. And people that were taking the class, some of them were already established performers and actors who were just enriching their own abilities.
✕ Remove Ads You kind of invented the Valley Girl on that show. Maybe not directly, I'm sure there's inspiration for that, but definitely on the East Coast, I don't think we had that here until you brought it over! Your on-site reporter on Weekend Update was a personal favorite of mine. I loved that.
Laraine Newman Shares How How SNL Has Changed Since Her Heyday "We had ten male writers and three female writers" Do you still watch SNL? Laraine Newman: Well, I've always maintained that the show is a meritocracy. It didn't really matter who was in the sketch or who wrote it. If it was funny, it went on. It was just a numbers game where we had ten male writers and three female writers, so it was just a matter of the amount that was able to be submitted, but Lorne was certainly very encouraging and supportive of the women on the show, and he's always been that way.
Laraine Newman: Yeah, Lorne always said,"Let the audience come to you." And he's so right. He has a lot of wisdom and has been right about so many things, but that especially. I think the definition of"hack" is writing for the audience.
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