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Taylor Swift Does "Saturday Night"

Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 8:01am PST by Wendy Geller in Viva NashVegas

Admit it. If you watched Saturday Night Live last night with an eye to Taylor Swift, you most likely fell into one of two camps. Either you wanted Tay to milk the Kanye/VMAs incident for all it was worth, or you preferred a more tasteful "move on" approach.

I'll own up to the fact that I fell into the first camp. Sure--I've defended Taylor's artistry, talent, and wealth of things to discuss besides her run-in with Kanye. And I admire the way she's moved past the issue; breaking records and leaving a trail of sold-out tour dust in her wake. Ho-hum, no time to dwell on Kanye, I'm off to the afterparty with a hot Twilight star.

But. For some reason, I wanted her to be not-so-nice on SNL. I wanted to see her grab the mic (so to speak) and go for the jugular. In a funny way, of course. But there you have it.

I didn't quite get my wish. Tay did mention Kanye in her opener, which was a little tune she sang about all the things "I'm not gonna talk about." Mr. West was serenaded with "There's nothing more to say, 'cause everything's OK, I've got security lining the stage."

Which was a rather mild sting compared to her stanza about a certain famous ex: "Hey Joe, I'm doing real well! Tonight I'm hosting SNL." The second half of the lyric was nearly drowned out by the audience's cheers. Take that, Jonas boy!

Taylor also gave a nod to her rumored new flame, Taylor Lautner, in the song--mentioning "the werewolf from Twilight," then mouthing, "Hi Taylor," winking, and blowing a campy kiss.

Tay's other sketches on the show involved donning a wig--you know, the wig, it was all over Halloween shelves this season--and spoofing reality TV supermom Kate Gosselin, which was funny but mildly odd. I would never have thought of the 19-year-old Taylor as Kate material, but I suppose that was part of the humor.

Ironically, what struck me most about the skit was how much the crazy "Kate" hairstyle flattered Taylor--I honestly think it looked great on her--which I suppose is as good a testimony as any to the flexibility of youth and beauty.

Taylor put on another wig--this time a brown one not unlike the one she wore in her "You Belong With Me" video--to play the lead in a hysterically overdramatic parody of Twilight, in which she falls for a green Frankenstein character.

The singer's acting chops are still in development, but she's got a natural flair for comedy which I hope she'll be able to cultivate in the future. Overall, SNL was a good show.

I'll admit it one more time, though. It wasn't the Kanye banquet I was secretly hoping for. I'm bad, aren't I?

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1185 Comments

1. __A_YAHOO_USER__ -
funny stuff lol

2. Isabella -
haha!!i love this!!

3. Susan -
I thought Taylor did a GREAT job on SNL. Beautiful, talented, and willing to poke fun at the ridiculous aspects of life in the public eye... an all around class act!

4. Yahoo! Music User -
taylor was so funny on SNL!! i loved her monologue song!!

5. Olivia -
i love taylor swift! the article is right, her acting leaves a little more to be desired, but all in all, her comedy was great-i especially love the firelight saga!! genius!!

6. abrahams -
lol all that was way to funny. wtf Zhuixun

7. bambam -
damn I wish I wouldn't have missed lastnights show, it looks like it was really funny and i'm sorry but SNL has been lacking in the funny dept. for sometime now! Will have to watch more of this new season and see if they get any of the old flare back:)

8. Grace -
That was funny, classy and talented. You go girl!

9. Yahoo! Music User -
[profane]

10. Yahoo! Music User -
SNL is hardly funny anymore. It was a usual snoozefest.

11. Douglas -
Nice that the best way to get a dig in on people it threw SNL to the point with Laughter

12. CoverBoy -
OK SO ITS KOOL FOR TAYLOR TO MAKE FUN OF HIM AFTER THE FACT THAT HE APOLOGIZED.......OKAY I THINK THEY GOING A LIL TO FAR

13. BOB -
Zhuixun, you are something stupid, single is spelled this way,
not signle. You most likely have a short bat, have to step up
close to pee, that is why you are talking about how much money you most likely don,t have, and Roila you and small bat
are both talking about stuff nobody cares about, try sticking to
the story above !

14. Joanie -
haha wow taylor swift is an ok actress but she did sound a little pitchy
haha lolz i sounds like randy dog!
haha anyways she is really good and can u ppl comment about thaat not ur fricken advertisment thnx cuz that wood be so much better than all the dating crap it is called being social jeez.

15. Your Mom -
That's funny. Not the article but the fact that the first two comments are spam! HA!

16. Lisa -
omg i love her monologue....its sooo funny!must be recorded!

17. -
Why did they keep omitting Sherri from "The View" scenes on SNL? Not Cool.

18. BrookeW -
first of all what does that have to do with this article?
second off, taylor is amazing, i just love how energenic and fun she seems, i bet she's a wonderful person too, unlike most rich *cough cough* and famous people.

19. Shelly -
Wow, Wolfsent... that's seriously bitter for a guy who isn't wearing a shirt. You ok? I mean, I'm genuinely concerned about your stress level. You look so casual in your pic... I mean picture, that I wouldn't have expected this outburst. Have a great day, ok?

20. Carol -
she is sooo cute!! and she was great on saturday night live.....

HILARYOUS!!!!
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