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Live from New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests
by Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller
I listened to the audiobook and I'm glad I did because this probably would have been a monotonous read for me.
I'm personally not a die hard fan of the show but a big fan of a lot of the players. I guess technically speaking this is "uncensored" but I'm sure the author opted to leave some parts of the interviews out of the final draft. Or maybe he didn't because this book somehow said A LOT while being incredibly vague. Obviously, folks have the right to share or not share whatever they want. However, a lot of the interviewees would say "I'm not going to say who but..." and then go on to tell some story that would make the anonymous person look bad.
If you just LOVE the show and want to continue to be blindly ignorant of how it is ran, don't read this book. It definitely relives how toxic the work environment is and also shows how manipulative Lorne Michaels is.
It's somehow a very honest piece on the show while also playing nice.
I'm personally not a die hard fan of the show but a big fan of a lot of the players. I guess technically speaking this is "uncensored" but I'm sure the author opted to leave some parts of the interviews out of the final draft. Or maybe he didn't because this book somehow said A LOT while being incredibly vague. Obviously, folks have the right to share or not share whatever they want. However, a lot of the interviewees would say "I'm not going to say who but..." and then go on to tell some story that would make the anonymous person look bad.
If you just LOVE the show and want to continue to be blindly ignorant of how it is ran, don't read this book. It definitely relives how toxic the work environment is and also shows how manipulative Lorne Michaels is.
It's somehow a very honest piece on the show while also playing nice.