Laura Benanti as Melania Trump — Page 2

indytallguy said: "ChiTheaterFan said: "As a child of the 90s I'm shocked people would not get the Fresh Prince reference. Should I feel really old or young right now? "



Straddling a bit of both I'd guess given the demographics on BW boards.



Or rather than an age issue, maybe some people simply didn't watch the show even if they were around then. And if they didn't watch it, the reference would be lost on them. It was a nice show that got decent ratings for 6 seasons but we're not talking Seinfeld or Friends here.

Liza's Headband said: "Laura Benanti a "household name?" Laura Benanti hosting SNL? I personally love Laura but people, come on. Seriously? You need only look to both Hilty and S. Foster to see how that's working out. Not so well... "

Sutton Foster is doing perfectly fine, Younger got picked up for a 3rd season and her performance has been very well received.

I don't know that I've ever watched a full episode of Fresh Prince but I certainly know the theme song, it's ubiquitous in contemporary popular culture. It's not like it's some obscure reference to a '90s sitcom, the theme song is very well recognized outside of its relationship to the show (which was quite successful in its time and launched Will Smith's career).

perfectlymarvelous said: "Liza's Headband said: "Laura Benanti a "household name?" Laura Benanti hosting SNL? I personally love Laura but people, come on. Seriously? You need only look to both Hilty and S. Foster to see how that's working out. Not so well... "

Sutton Foster is doing perfectly fine, Younger got picked up for a 3rd season and her performance has been very well received.

I don't know that I've ever watched a full episode of Fresh Prince but I certainly know the theme song, it's ubiquitous in contemporary popular culture. It's not like it's some obscure reference to a '90s sitcom, the theme song is very well recognized outside of its relationship to the show (which was quite successful in its time and launched Will Smith's career).



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I was more referring to the whole concept of these younger Broadway women becoming "household names." I didn't realize a television show with a low-profile on TVLand constituted for the equivalent of that in 2016. I mean, really?

I don't want Laura to host SNL, I want her to sign on as a regular for a season or two.

UncleCharlie said: "indytallguy said: "ChiTheaterFan said: "As a child of the 90s I'm shocked people would not get the Fresh Prince reference. Should I feel really old or young right now? "



Straddling a bit of both I'd guess given the demographics on BW boards.



Or rather than an age issue, maybe some people simply didn't watch the show even if they were around then. And if they didn't watch it, the reference would be lost on them. It was a nice show that got decent ratings for 6 seasons but we're not talking Seinfeld or Friends here."



You're right. Maybe some people didn't watch the show. I myself never watched Friends or Seinfeld but I still recognize the theme songs.

I know that the SNL folks must have thought of this already. Can you imagine the skits featurng the spouses of the candidates: Bill Clinton [can Darrell Hammond manage Trump AND Clinton in the same show?] and Melania Trump [Laura Benanti].

backwoodsbarbie said: "Martha Plimpton should play Hillary and spoof her speech next week.

That won't be happening for two reasons. Hillary is too slick at covering her a** to allow a plagiarized speech to cross her desk. Second reason is that it's only permissible to parody Republicans, not Democrats.

best12bars said: "I don't want Laura to host SNL, I want her to sign on as a regular for a season or two.



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And she could concurrently do a show! LOVE THIS IDEA!

This was pure comic gold!

I'm kinda hoping that this will expose more people to Laura Benanti who had never heard of her before, and then when they go youtubing or googling her, they learn about the BroadwayHD video of She Loves Me, and end up renting that when it becomes available, thus launching an era of great revenue for its producers, thus encouraging other producers to jump on board the record-and-release bandwagon.

Oh, and also, i enjoyed her impersonation.

It's what's referred to as a "tongue in cheek" expression, Valentina 3. No need to rely on insults when something goes over your head.

That's going down as a classic.

Updated On: 7/21/16 at 12:04 PM

I thought she did a great job. I just thought the writing was really lame and unfunny. But Colbert's writing, in general, has gone way downhill as they keep trying to change what he does to improve ratings on the new show.