Ryan Gosling Uses SNL Monologue to Poke Fun at 'La La Land'
"The Notebook" actor Ryan Gosling hosted the latest episode of "Saturday Night Live," and he opened his stint with a monologue meant to poke fun at his award-winning movie, "La La Land." His recent hosting stint was his second appearance on the show.
For his monologue, Gosling used the ever-popular "Ryan Gosling saved jazz" joke to mock his own performance in "La La Land," as well as the idea of a "white kid from Canada" saving the most influential American musical form from oblivion.
What made viewers chuckle their feet off was when Gosling ran with the "saved jazz" joke and took it literally until he was joined by his co-star Emma Stone for the major punchline that caught everyone by surprise.
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The actor's self-congratulatory monologue, which was meant to uplift the mood in the studio following Alec Baldwin's opening skit on U.S. President Donald Trump, was basically about how his character in "La La Land" was able to revive jazz in the movie.
As he made his way into the studio, Gosling quipped, "I mean, I haven't felt this excited since I saved jazz. You guys know I saved jazz right? I did this movie 'La La Land' and then everyone was saying that I saved jazz. I guess it was dying, and I saved it."
When Stone entered, she then told Gosling, "What are you doing? Ryan, you didn't save jazz. How many times have we talked about this? Because you didn't save jazz. We saved jazz." Their lines drew loud laughter from the crowd, who seemed to have missed seeing them together on screen since "La La Land."
Gosling received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of jazz musician Sebastian in the movie. Despite the movie's popularity, however, it received criticism for allegedly "whitening" the genre by casting the actor as the proponent of jazz.
