[opendtv] Janet Jackson on 'SNL,' Back in a Pixelated Flash
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:37:43 -0400
Janet Jackson on 'SNL,' Back in a Pixelated Flash
By Tom Shales
Monday, April 12, 2004; Page C01
Janet Jackson and "Saturday Night Live" gave Congress and the Federal
Communications Commission a richly deserved nose-thumbing over the
weekend when Jackson guest-hosted the irreverent and influential satire
show.
In the very first sketch, before the opening credits, Jackson did a
bull's-eye impression of national security adviser Condoleezza Rice
testifying, as she did last week, before the commission investigating
the 9/11 tragedy. Outfitted with prosthetic teeth that helped with the
flashing of a coldly faked smile, Jackson as Rice rehearsed for her
testimony with a sinister and snakelike Vice President Cheney, played by
master impressionist Darrell Hammond.
If all else were to fail, Cheney advised, "I think you should flash a
boob," a reference to Jackson's notorious gig during halftime of this
year's Super Bowl. "Just one headlight, real quickly," the Cheney
character went on, as the audience laughed. Jackson-as-Rice rejected the
notion, but when testifying -- with Jackson edited into footage of the
actual hearing -- she did indeed reveal a breast to the commission, then
uttered the iconic cry "Live from New York, it's 'Saturday Night!' "
The breast was electronically blurred so America would not have to go
through the apparently painful ordeal of once more seeing Jackson's
nipple. Actually there was no chance of that anyway; an NBC spokesman
took pains to point out yesterday that Jackson was wearing a bra during
the scene and therefore not even the studio audience saw any offending
epidermis.
...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4502-2004Apr11.html
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