Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its Stars, Writers and Guests
by James A. Miller, Tom Shales
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Author: James A. Miller, Tom ShalesEdition: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2003-10-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 656
Book Reviews of Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its Stars, Writers and Guests
Book Review: A Classic Work On A Classic Show
Summary: 5 Stars
It is oftentimes tougher to piece together a book based on interviews than to write a narrative. Live From New York is an oral history of the show, with chapters to denote the years and subsections to introduce topics.
The book works with this approach and probably couldn't have been penned in any other way. The candidness and pointed opinions of the people involved needed to be heard in their own words.
There is a wealth of "insider" information on how ideas were developed, the feuds off the stage that ignited the work before the audience and why grudges from years past have never been settled.
What is particularly interesting is how the program evolved over the first five years, since that foundation is how SNL has been measured since.
After being written off numerous times, the TV icon that is SNL continues to forge ahead, which is how the book concludes. A fan of SNL or a person wanting to explore a continuing piece of American pop culture can't get any closer to the program.
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