Sydney Sweeney hosted SNL for the first time on March 2, 2024. We talk about the paradox of femininity and the rhetoric of "natural" in Woman Aging Gracefully, the rapid fire "seen here" jokes at Mitch McConnell's expense on Weekend Update, generational differences in media use and the complexity of information online in Detectives, and the mechanization of art in AirBnB Design Commercial. Readings include Murray's takedown of the Dove Real Beauty Campaign, the impact of standup comedy, and a classic article from Walter Benjamin entitled "Art in the age of mechanical reproduction."
