Saturday Night Live
Lady Gaga
March 8, 2024
This is Lady Gaga’s second time to serve as both host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live — the first time being back in 2013 (with an unfortunate duet with R. Kelly that she’d rather not talk about … except in the monologue), and the question that must be asked is, what took so long? I mean, besides simply not having time for it between her TV appearances, feature films, campaigning for Oscars, being the Super Bowl halftime act, dueting with Tony Bennet, leading a Las Vegas residency, performing in the Olympics opening ceremonies, and getting engaged, what else better did she have to do?
Fortunately, her schedule allowed her to swing by Studio 8H this week, and she gave her all, both in the sketches and in her musical performances. Gaga, who has become a respected actress since her last time hosting SNL, was clearly happy to be there: relaxed, funny, and game for whatever SNL threw at her. And they threw a lot of strange stuff at her: weight-lifting mice, ritual sacrifice, flapper funerals. Still, whatever material they gave her, Lady Gaga leaned into it — in fact, the stranger the better, it would seem. It wasn’t a uniformly great episode, but it wasn’t for lack of enthusiasm from Gaga.
Hey, SNL casting director? Make sure it’s not another 12 years before she hosts again.
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