‘Saturday Night’: A Labor of Love

Jason Reitman’s next installment in a varied filmography spanning from the Academy Award-winning Juno to the blockbuster sequel Ghostbusters: Afterlife comes in the form of Saturday Night, a docu-drama comedy covering the 90 minutes before the first episode of Saturday Night Live went on air. With an all-star ensemble cast, a great score and grainy cinematography that perfectly emulates the 1970s, Saturday Night is fun romp that falls just short of greatness. Saturday Night is set in real-time as Lorne Michaels, played by Gabriel LaBelle, tries to put together the pieces of a show the network is sure will fail. We follow Michaels as sets collapse, crew members quit and studio executives try to shut the whole thing down. While this seems like an expert setup to a chaotic comedy, Saturday Night fails to convince the viewer that things are really as haphazard as they seem.

SNL’s Chris Redd Roasts Big Red

Statler Auditorium was packed on March 6 for the Cornell University Program Board’s comedy event starring Saturday Night Live repertory player, Chris Redd.

DERY | The Cornell Superiority Complex: Chosen, yet Confining

Dealing with stigma is a battle everyone fights to varying degrees, and the school we choose to attend is a rather minor one at that. Yet, the very fact that this label is unimportant in the long run adds an element of contradiction to the superiority complex we inherit. After all, we choose to come here ourselves, and we should own up to any benefits or detriments that come out of that choice.