yes please @leslieknopenopenope - Tumblr Blog

“OUR FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN,” National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1979. Photo © Ted Sahl, c/o @sjsu. 🏳️‍🌈 (at Washington, District of Columbia)

someone-like-robsten

What is happening? Is the whole world insane?

egoegoegoetc

[Kate McKinnon making her castmates break during “Close Encounter” sketch]

Why did you think Kate was right for the part she played?

Kate has an innate ability to make weirdos wonderfully accessible. She felt like a real person up there, which made the weirdness of her experience on this UFO with a group of dumb aliens seem more real. She found an awesome nuance in not playing it angry or too annoyed, but weirdly accepting and kind of disappointed, yet pretty much unfazed. It’s hard to explain the method to Kate’s delightful madness.

Were the cast members laughing in the days leading up to it, too?

Yeah. Kate was like an assassin, taking them out one by one. She’d get Bobby to laugh, then spread her legs wider and wider until Aidy lost it. It was really fun watching Kate just completely control the scene and have fun up there.

blondebadassbitchqueen-blog

I said it before, and I’ll say it again…If you haven’t seen this sketch, you’re missing out.

me, finally getting a chance to say something I've thought about for twelve days straight: oh, hey, that reminds me, funny thing, this just came to mind but