The Coal Speaker

Bravo to Saturday Night LIVE for finally adding an African American woman, Sasheer Zamata,  to the cast—first time since Maya Rudolph left the show..

A little late, sure.. And yes, Lorne Michaels, you’re show is becoming a bit outdated and stale.

But I think that happens with Saturday Night LIVE often.. There are transitional periods of time in which the show re-adjusts.. heck, I still remember when some famed stars left in the mid 1990s to do movies.. People thought the show would end. Until Will Ferrell and other greats came along and made the late 90s into the early 2000s some of the funniest seasons of the show yet..

Saturday Night LIVE will have trouble being the rebel without a cause that came in the late 1970s. But there are always chances for the show to becoming the ‘thing’ again. Maybe the inclusion of some new members of the cast will help. Certainly, Sasheer Zamata will help just in the fact that SNL has been a little uncultured in its cast members recently.

And the other positive: Kenan Thompson will finally be relieved of playing any role in which a black woman is needed.