Elon Musk’s comedy debut crashes and burns on the SNL launch pad, however the mission was in the end successful for him

Musk haters have been afraid his look on the long-lasting comedy present would humanize the “problematic” billionaire… and that’s precisely what occurred.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk visitor hosted ‘Saturday Evening Stay’ final evening and if laughs have been rocket gasoline, he wouldn’t make it to New Jersey by no means thoughts Mars. 

To Musk’s nice credit score, he was completely out of his component however gave it his all and even poked enjoyable at himself, however sadly, he was painfully unfunny. From the opening monologue, which included not just some stale O.J. jokes however an admission that he suffers from Asperger’s and struggles to behave human, Musk got here throughout like some weird Andy Kaufman character. 

To name Musk an ungainly on-screen presence can be the peak of understatements. His varied roles on the relentlessly humorless present included a Gen Z slang talking physician, a sexy Icelandic television producer, a cryptocurrency skilled, Wario the online game character, LeRon the genius cowboy and Elon Musk founding father of SpaceX, and as sport as he was, none of them truly labored. 

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Sadly, being the second-richest man on this planet and a genius at making vehicles and rockets don’t translate into being humorous, which was uncomfortably evident on Saturday evening. On the intense aspect, Musk’s lack of comedic skill meant he match proper in with the remainder of the SNL solid, which is a who’s who of “who’s that?” and options among the most talentless dopes and dullards conceivable. 

It isn’t Elon Musk’s fault that final evening’s present sucked. The once-mighty SNL has been constantly abysmal for a while now. Lengthy gone are the John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Invoice Murray glory days, and comedy powerhouses like Eddie Murphy and Will Ferrell will not be strolling via that door at 30 Rock anymore. As an alternative, the dreadfully unfunny Kate McKinnon is the massive star of the present solid, which is the comedy equal of getting a one-legged hobbit be the most effective participant on a basketball workforce. 

When it was introduced that Musk can be the visitor internet hosting the present it generated a tsunami of controversy on Twitter and within the media. 

That detrimental narrative was additional propelled by solid members Bowen Yang, Aidy Bryant and Chris Redd once they despatched out snarky tweets denigrating Musk (which have been later deleted) and producer Lorne Michaels letting or not it’s recognized that solid members might decide out of scenes with Musk in the event that they selected. 

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Finally no solid members boycotted scenes with Musk on Saturday evening, and the present appeared not solely lame however tame so far as controversy is anxious. However that doesn’t diminish the absurdity of SNL’s hyper-sensitivity concerning any unorthodox thinkers or different, contrarian viewpoints. The pre-Musk present uproar solely highlighted how far the previous comedy warhorse of SNL, which was subversive, anti-establishment and edgy, has fallen and reveals how it’s now the kind of stuffy, delicate, entitled, pampered lapdog to the institution it used to rightfully lampoon. 

Musk is certainly a polarizing determine, however I’ve to confess… I don’t precisely perceive why. I’m unquestionably no fan of the billionaire class however the goofy, weird, loose-cannon Musk is the model of a billionaire I favor over the super-creepy, serial killer-looking varieties like Mark Zuckerberg, Invoice Gates and Jeff Bezos. 

Make no mistake, Musk is an oddball and egomaniac, however not like the narcissistic charlatans operating the rigged Wall Avenue casinos that socialize losses and privatize good points, or the self-righteous Silicon Valley overlords who exploit individuals whereas suffocating free speech and toxifying the tradition, Musk isn’t predatory and really builds tangible issues, like electrical vehicles and reusable rockets. 

I assume Musk’s look on the present and the controversy swirling round it would most likely result in a slight bump within the rankings, which was clearly the entire level of getting him on within the first place. And little question there can be Musk haters slamming him for his dreadful efficiency and cursing Michaels and SNL for giving him a platform. 

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The best concern of those Musk haters although was summed up by late-night comedy veteran Daniel Kellison when he advised the Washington Submit that the issue with Musk’s look on SNL is that it “humanizes problematic individuals.” God forbid we commit the sin of “humanizing” somebody deemed “problematic” by the hordes of hysterical woke inquisitors perpetually shouting on Twitter. 

Properly, I hate to inform Kellison and the opposite Musk haters, however as unhealthy because the Tesla founder was on the present, and he was unhealthy, it undoubtedly did “humanize” him. He was so awkward and uncomfortable on display screen it was surprisingly form of endearing. Musk got here throughout not as some slick billionaire blowhard who is simply too cool for varsity, however fairly as some common nerd who will get tremendous anxious and nervous speaking to individuals and being on television. 

So regardless of Elon Musk being terribly unfunny and the present being as devoid of guffaws because the Area Shuttle Challenger catastrophe, Musk’s look was truly an enormous success for Musk. Whereas he failed at comedy, he did achieve exposing his haters for his or her pettiness and in getting me to root for him. I simply hope he’s higher at getting humanity to Mars than he’s at getting me to snort. 

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