Saoirse Ronan Appearance on Saturday Night Live

AmberGold · 03-12-2017 1:13pm #1

A dismal attempt at Comedy.

https://youtu.be/9xCr6IQtYqk

& the Aer Lingus sketch is cringe-worthy.

https://youtu.be/tJIz-XNLEn8

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-12-2017 1:16pm

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Gatling · 03-12-2017 1:20pm

Still wouldn't turn her down

The_Valeyard · 03-12-2017 1:20pm

I do like some of the comments

"Make fun of the Chinese people as much as you do the Irish"

"Holy f*ck are you guys even trying any more"

"James, you're a cnut"

Grayditch · 03-12-2017 1:21pm

Monologue wasn't so bad from a non comedian. The sketch isn't any worse or better than current SNL content. I think Saoirse did quite well.

ANXIOUS · 03-12-2017 1:29pm

Oh my god that was terrible.

Odhinn · 03-12-2017 1:33pm

AmberGold wrote: »

& the Aer Lingus sketch is cringe-worthy.

https://youtu.be/tJIz-XNLEn8

I don't get it. Wtf is the whole dogs thing about?

03-12-2017 1:40pm

Always thought SNL was a show that was very much in love with itself and its place in American life. She's not that funny, but neither is the show.

_Dara_ · 03-12-2017 1:44pm

Non-comedians are generally not that great at the SNL thing. Nothing new there. Wouldn’t be hard on her over it, showbiz veterans have died on their arse on it. Including comedians ie. Larry David.

Avatar MIA · 03-12-2017 1:48pm

She could only work with the material she was given. I thought she did fine. The scripts were sub par. If par is funny.

I thought the news segments were funny, not Daily show funny, but decent.

Harry Palmr · 03-12-2017 1:52pm

SNL hasn't been funny for about 30 years.

lertsnim · 03-12-2017 1:58pm

I never did get the 'humour' that comes with Saturday Night Live. Seems to be a show that's up its own arse.

Funny how? · 03-12-2017 2:01pm

Typical Irish begrudging a young person doing well for themselves.

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-12-2017 2:02pm

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retro:electro · 03-12-2017 2:13pm

Funny how? wrote: »

Typical Irish begrudging a young person doing well for themselves.

Typical Irish doling out the begrudging line just cos someone takes issue with a paddy

Dr Crayfish · 03-12-2017 2:31pm

I'm not going to watch the clip because I don't want to be cringing but Saturday night live has never been funny

sligojoek · 03-12-2017 2:35pm

Ryan Tubridy will be on singing her praises tomorrow. Telling us all how great she is and playing the clip over and over

tringle · 03-12-2017 2:41pm

sligojoek wrote: »

Ryan Tubridy will be on singing her praises tomorrow. Telling us all how great she is and playing the clip over and over

It was Dave Fanning this morning...twice

quickbeam · 03-12-2017 2:42pm

She was fine. It was the sketches that were dire. Not a lot she could do with what she was given. It's not like she wrote them herself (at least, I presume she didn't!!)

Canis Lupus · 03-12-2017 2:42pm

SNL is very much American humour. I don't really find any of the sketches I've seen over the years particularly funny.

A Little Pony · 03-12-2017 2:43pm

A very good actor but not being in enough big movies.

Arghus · 03-12-2017 2:45pm

She has got so much mileage out of her name being hard to pronounce. It's really time to stop talking about it.

Worst of all is that she doesn't pronounce it like any of the Saoirses I know.

MayoSalmon · 03-12-2017 2:45pm

SNL is the unfunniest thing I have ever watched. Dire stuff.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 03-12-2017 2:48pm

A Little Pony wrote: »

A very good actor but not being in enough big movies.

She has been in quite a good few big moves. She's only 23 you know

xtal191 · 03-12-2017 2:50pm

Saturday Night Live is utter ****e

KellyXX · 03-12-2017 2:50pm

As an Irish person Im actually insulted watching that.
Shame on her for being part of that.

emo72 · 03-12-2017 2:54pm

The aer lingus "sketch" was very lame. The writers who came up with that material should be sacked.

KellyXX · 03-12-2017 2:56pm

emo72 wrote: »

The aer lingus "sketch" was very lame. The writers who came up with that material should be sacked.

Any Irish person who took part in that assassination should be give their passport back.

Funny how? · 03-12-2017 2:58pm

She was good in ed sheerans video

razorblunt · 03-12-2017 2:58pm

I haven't watched the clip but it could probably be a link to 99% of the stuff ever produced by SNL and it would be awful.

I hate they way they pretend the laughing out of character somehow makes things loltastic.

Arne_Saknussem · 03-12-2017 3:00pm

As others have said SNL has been woefully unfunny for decades at this point, so i wouldn't have a go at her for that.

I'd agree that the whole name pronunciation thing has been done to death at this stage but apart from that i think she's great. Her choice of role & performances for a 23 year old have been consistently impressive.

One of the few genuinely exceptional talents this country produces every now and again.

sligojoek · 03-12-2017 3:02pm

tringle wrote: »

It was Dave Fanning this morning...twice

Did he manage to shoehorn in U2 while he was at it?

Laois_Man · 03-12-2017 3:06pm

Think her comedic timing was ok. The material, as other have said, is ****e. She just talks about the same ting on every American show she's even been on - pronouncing her name

Its not as if Alec Baldwins awful Trump sketches are any funnier!

namloc1980 · 03-12-2017 3:12pm

Don't get the Aer Lingus one. Very weird. I'd prefer if it was a proper pisstake/satire of Ireland, not that drivel that made zero sense.

_Dara_ · 03-12-2017 3:31pm

quickbeam wrote: »

She was fine. It was the sketches that were dire. Not a lot she could do with what she was given. It's not like she wrote them herself (at least, I presume she didn't!!)

Yeah, her delivery was good, I thought. The material on the other hand...

_Dara_ · 03-12-2017 3:40pm

KellyXX wrote: »

As an Irish person Im actually insulted watching that.
Shame on her for being part of that.

The Aer Lingus sketch was confusing but hardly offensive. We like potatoes? Sure, there's a lot of truth in that. We like dogs? Confusing and not a stereotype I was aware of but not offensive.

Every nationality has stereotypes attached. It's important to be able to laugh at oneself. (if the material is funny)

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-12-2017 3:42pm

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Tom Mann Centuria · 03-12-2017 3:46pm

Patww79 wrote: »

Aim something very similar at what's considered a minority though and it's suddenly totally different. Double standards.

I know what you mean, didn't Trump get a bit of a hammering for saying he'd be more popular than fried Chicken and Watermelon in African American households.

_Dara_ · 03-12-2017 3:47pm

Patww79 wrote: »

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Then minorities should be able to laugh at themselves.

Finding something non-offensive offensive just because others sensitive folk might if it was aimed at them makes no sense.

Lets correct the double standard so that everyone is able to take a bit of light ribbing. Instead of correcting it so that we're all offended at everything.

_Dara_ · 03-12-2017 3:49pm

Mr.S wrote: »

No different to when The Simpsons or Family Guy have Ireland sketches (but they're actually funny)

Exactly, the St. Patrick's Day, prohibition episode of the Simpsons is hilarious.

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-12-2017 3:50pm

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judeboy101 · 03-12-2017 3:50pm

KellyXX wrote: »

As an Irish person Im actually insulted watching that.
Shame on her for being part of that.

Her mum is Irish dads a brit (could be other way round ) she is American born and her only link to Ireland is she lived here for a few years as a kid. Calling her Irish is a bit much.

_Dara_ · 03-12-2017 3:51pm

Patww79 wrote: »

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So... you find it offensive because there's a double standard. Not because it actually offends you? Okay...

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-12-2017 3:53pm

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_Dara_ · 03-12-2017 3:57pm

judeboy101 wrote: »

Her mum is Irish dads a brit (could be other way round ) she is American born and her only link to Ireland is she lived here for a few years as a kid. Calling her Irish is a bit much.

Wut? Both her parents are Irish. She was born in New York because her parents were working there at the time. She moved back to Ireland when she was three so the vast majority of her formative years were spent in Ireland with her Irish parents. She is very much Irish.

Patww79 wrote: »

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Well, this is choosing to be offended. It doesn't actually viscerally offend you. You just want to be offended. Strange.

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-12-2017 4:00pm

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_Dara_ · 03-12-2017 4:01pm

Patww79 wrote: »

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At least fifteen of her formative years?

And the first three years of her life in New York, she would have been around her Irish parents.

judeboy101 · 03-12-2017 4:01pm

_Dara_ wrote: »

Wut? Both her parents are Irish. She was born in New York because her parents were working there at the time. She moved back to Ireland when she was three so the vast majority of her formative years were spent in Ireland with her Irish parents. She is very much Irish.

Well, this is choosing to be offended. It doesn't actually viscerally offend you. You just want to be offended. Strange.

Quick google shows she purposely claims American citizenship and her dad was born in Manchester. Jeremy irons has a pretty good cork accent btw, when he wants to.

OldMrBrennan83 · 03-12-2017 4:03pm

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_Dara_ · 03-12-2017 4:04pm

judeboy101 wrote: »

Quick google shows she purposely claims American citizenship and her dad was born in Manchester. Jeremy irons has a pretty good cork accent btw, when he wants to.

I can see why she would retain her American citizenship, that makes things easy for working in the US. Her father is Irish, he was probably just born in the UK. Based on what we know of her, you'd want to be very contrary to say she is not Irish.

Saoirse Ronan Appearance on Saturday Night Live

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