.@andrewmarantz charts the rise of S.N.L.'s Leslie Jones, whose specific brand of standup is making waves in comedy: https://t.co/uLzdFsUWOI
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) December 30, 2015- leslie was 46 years old and a 25+ year standup veteran before she got her big break at SNL
- chris rock got her the SNL audition. they met in the 80's but in 2012 she told him her career wasn't going anywhere unless he put her on and he agreed. he mentioned her to several people in hollywood and they all passed except lorne michaels
- the article talks a lot about her physicality as a comedian and that the way she performs a joke matters more than the joke itself
- when she got to SNL she called kenan thompson a 'motherfucker' for his comments on why black women weren't hired for SNL. they're bff now
- she encountered satan at a comedy club: "At one point, the reactionary pundit Ann Coulter stopped by their table. [Larry] Wilmore was courteous, but Jones leaned across the table and stage-whispered, “What the fuck is this frightening bitch doing here?” Coulter’s face froze in a rictus, and she soon backed away from the table."
- she’s not gonna be ernie hudson’d in the new ghostbusters and her part is equal to the other three women
there's more about her upbringing and her experiences on SNL in the article y'all should read the whole thing
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