S.N.L.: Jessica Chastain Celebrates the Women’s March with First Wives’ Club Homage
[embedded content] There was little doubt that outspoken Time’s Up advocateJessica Chastain would a..
There was little doubt that outspoken Time’s Up advocateJessica Chastain would acknowledge the second annual Women’s March while hosting Saturday Night Live this week, but who knew a musical number would be involved? Seasoned watchers of the show may have known something was up when Chastain took the stage for her opening monologue in a black leather jacket, sneakers, and slacks. (Even famously informal Kristen Stewartwore a dress during her S.N.L. monologue last year.) But Chastain’s street-ready attire meant she perfectly matched cast members Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong when they joined her on stage for a rendition of Lesley Gore’s 1963 anthem “You Don’t Own Me.” The song may be decades old, but the trio formation and choreography was pure First Wives Club.
Aidy Bryant and Leslie Jones got in on the action with a small side bit about pussyhats. A blushing Bryant called the pink knitwear “p—hats” because it’s “one of those many words only the president can use.” Jones quickly proved her wrong by dropping a p-bomb before throwing back to Chastain and her dancing sidekicks.
Oddly enough, almost exactly a year ago it was actor/comedian Aziz Ansari hosting S.N.L. on the night of the first annual Women’s March. At the time, Ansari said in hismonologue: “Yesterday Trump was inaugurated, today an entire gender protested against him. Change comes from large groups of angry people, and if Day One [of Trump’s presidency] is any indication, you are part of the largest group of angry people I’ve ever seen.” One year later, Ansari himself is at the center of a heated debate threatening to divide the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement.
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