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‘SNL’: Scarlett Johansson Puts a Real Dark Spin On Newscasters’ Tame Puns
On SNL, Scarlett Johansson portrays a newscaster who tries her hand at a new technique to report on murder and other gruesome crimes
Saturday Night Live seven-time host Scarlett Johansson portrayed a newscaster bringing an edgy approach to how she presented stories of the day–much to her pun-loving colleagues’ disapproval. Whereas those behind the morning anchors desk at Channel 4 New York deployed tame wordplay about lighthearted stories, fill-in nightly news host Denise (Johansson) applied the same technique to reports about gruesome crimes. Tommy, not a fan of her choice of words, provided another example of what he deemed appropriate: “Life is like a box of chocolates: an Elmhurst candy store celebrates 100 years in business.”
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