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Bill Burr Completely Missed the Moment on 'SNL'

It could have been a defining career moment for Bill Burr. After consecutive elections in which SNL gave Dave Chappelle the opportunity to deliver America’s definitive comedy reaction to the results, it turned to Burr to helm the 2024 ship. Given that the outcome was unexpected — not Trump’s victory, necessarily, but its decisiveness — it was a chance for Burr to speak truth to power. Please, Bill, put this in some kind of comedy perspective! Make it make sense!

Instead, Burr said, “Nah, not interested.” Burr historically shoots from the hip, armed with jokes that offend both sides while shining a light on some essential truth. Instead, he decided to sidestep. “Nice to be here on such a fun week,” he grinned as the audience waited for incisive observations. “I know, I don’t want to hear it. I don’t watch politics, so we’re going to keep it light.”

Ryan Reynolds Suggests That the Funniest Cameo in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Could Become An Entire Spin-off

A nearly forgotten Marvel antihero might be about to make a name for himself here.

With his first-ever fully Disney produced Deadpool film, Ryan Reynolds wanted to use the change of the corporate daddies to diss the piss-poor state of every company in the comic book movie business that couldn’t manage to turn classic, beloved superheroes and supervillains into sprawling gajillion-dollar franchises. Armed with his biggest budget yet and wielding the full strength of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (as well as an adamantium skeleton), Reynolds made Deadpool & Wolverine the most ambitious and comprehensive parody of the superhero movie genre to date as he tied up loose ends and went heavy on the industry in-jokes while skewering the legacy of the 20th Century Fox X-Men movie series, the Blade trilogy and Fantastic Four’s entire failed filmography.

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