‘Weekend Update’ pokes Timothée Chalamet for Opera, Ballet Notes
Timothée Chalamet’s commentary on the contemporary state of opera and ballet at a CNN/Variety town hall last month was one of the targets of Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment.
Chalamet’s comments came on the Feb. 21 “CNN and Variety Town Hall Event” with Matthew McConaughey, as the pair discussed the struggles of recent years in box-office films.
“And I don’t want to work in ballet or opera or anything where it’s like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive.’ Even though it seems like no one cares about this anymore. All respect to the ballet and opera people out there,” Chalamet said.
The comment has drawn strong reactions from leading opera and ballet companies in the US. On Saturday, “SNL” took it easy with the Oscar-nominated star of “Marty Supreme,” the story of a ping-pong prodigy in the 1950s. Weekend Update host Colin Jost noted that Chalamet “has been criticized by major opera and ballet organizations after saying no one cares about these art forms. Chalamet made the comment during a press tour for his film about ping pong.”
Jost commented, among other things, on the ouster of Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security, partly out of dissatisfaction that she had spent $220 million on an advertising campaign that featured her in various rustic settings, including photos of her on horseback. During the campaign, Noem dressed up as Jesse from “Toy Story.” Jost also went there amid allegations that Noem had had an intimate relationship with a Trump aide. “She’s so happy riding. I bet his name is Corey Lewandowski.”
Discussing another member of Trump’s Cabinet, Jost noted that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial head of Health and Human Services, “is what happens when you leave Walton Goggins in an air fryer.”
Upon the appearance of what appears to be a severe rash on President Trump’s neck, Michael Che of “Weekend Update” commented: “Apparently someone accidentally washed his shirt in holy water.”
